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Because the utilities are continuing to spend more on wires and other infrastructure — capital costs that they earn profit on — that portion of customer bills is expected to continue to rise.
From Los Angeles Times
Screwworms pose a serious threat to farm animals, especially those with common injuries from barbed wire, birthing, or procedures such as dehorning.
From Science Daily
It said transmission lines posed a lower threat because they were taller and had wires more widely spaced.
From Los Angeles Times
For transformers of all sizes, sourcing additional materials such as grain-oriented electrical steel and high-purity, insulated copper wire is difficult, as is increasing factory output and hiring, said Benjamin Boucher, senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie.
The border itself is now marked by a tall metal fence, with a coil of vicious-looking barbed wire on top and more beyond.
From BBC
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