From Business Insider: Green Sheet – Forget Wind Turbines, Or Solar Panels, We Need To Fund New Power Lines

Efforts to transform and rebuild our transmission system in the United States are woefully underfunded. Obama only dedicated $6 billion to upgrading the system in the stimulus package. That’s a miniscule amount, considering that the Energy Department and power companies say $130 billion is needed. It’s also less than half what our energy rival China is dedicating to building new lines of power.