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  • How many miles of electric transmission lines are there in the U.S.? In 2000, reports the Edison Electric Institute, there were 517,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines in the U.S. and many hundreds of thousands more miles of distribution lines, carrying electricity to our homes.

  • How many miles of natural gas pipelines are there in the U.S.? More than 1.5 million miles of underground pipelines deliver natural gas to 175 million customers in the U.S. The delivery lines can cost as much as $1 million per mile to build.

 

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