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But unfortunately, we do have occasionally these kinds of major events. it really points to an issue we've been addressing at the department of energy recently, which is the whole issue of energy infrastructure, pipelines, wires, you know, transmission grids. we have a lot of old infrastructure, a lot of investment made in the 60s and 70s, we're talking 40, 50 years old, and our theme right now, and i know climate change has been on your mind as well. our theme right now is that we have to really be investing to rebuild our infrastructure, we have to rebuild it now in a way that really makes s...

Occasionally these kinds of major events. it really points to an issue we've been addressing at the department of energy recently, which is the whole issue of energy infrastructure, pipelines, wires, you know, transmission grids. we have a lot of old infrastructure, a lot of investment made in the 60s and 70s, we're talking 40, 50 years old, and our theme right now, and i know climate change has been on your mind as well. our theme right now is that we have to really be investing to rebuild our infrastructure, we have to rebuild it now in a way that really makes sense for the challenges ahead....

Infrastructure more resilient to a whole set of risks. >> that's not even on the mitigation that's on the adaptation side that's not dealing with fewer emissions, that's just recognizing reality that we're going to have more extreme weather? >> well extreme weather obviously, it's on the risk side, but i should emphasize that modernizing the infrastructure applies in both dimensions. >> right. >> mitigation and adaptation. modernizing the electric grid will provide opportunities for new renewables to come in. that's the mitigation side then, of course, comes the resilience to extreme weather, ...