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Sybil Derrible

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

once you have it you don't distribute it yet because that pure water is good but doesn't have any minerals and humans need minerals so first you bond you you you put a bunch of rocks into that water so a lot of limestone to add minerals and then you distribute that water and you know you can consume it you can drink it in a city where there's all this infrastructure there's transportation and water and electric and gas and all that

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

once you have it you don't distribute it yet because that pure water is good but doesn't have any minerals and humans need minerals so first you bond you you you put a bunch of rocks into that water so a lot of limestone to add minerals and then you distribute that water and you know you can consume it you can drink it in a city where there's all this infrastructure there's transportation and water and electric and gas and all that

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

That's the shift. That's the trillion-dollar question for this coming century. What happened in the 20th century is that they were very, very much siloed. For example, a good example is water, water treatment. You need a lot of electricity. You don't really care where it comes from. You just ask your electric utility company, give me that electricity and I'll pay you for it.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

That's the shift. That's the trillion-dollar question for this coming century. What happened in the 20th century is that they were very, very much siloed. For example, a good example is water, water treatment. You need a lot of electricity. You don't really care where it comes from. You just ask your electric utility company, give me that electricity and I'll pay you for it.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

That's the shift. That's the trillion-dollar question for this coming century. What happened in the 20th century is that they were very, very much siloed. For example, a good example is water, water treatment. You need a lot of electricity. You don't really care where it comes from. You just ask your electric utility company, give me that electricity and I'll pay you for it.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

And the problem with that is that whenever something happens to electricity, then it affects the water and then it affects the people. And so it's so interdependent that now we're really trying, talking, figuring out how we can have those people talk with one another a lot more so that systems that are interdependent by nature are a lot stronger, a lot more resilient.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

And the problem with that is that whenever something happens to electricity, then it affects the water and then it affects the people. And so it's so interdependent that now we're really trying, talking, figuring out how we can have those people talk with one another a lot more so that systems that are interdependent by nature are a lot stronger, a lot more resilient.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

And the problem with that is that whenever something happens to electricity, then it affects the water and then it affects the people. And so it's so interdependent that now we're really trying, talking, figuring out how we can have those people talk with one another a lot more so that systems that are interdependent by nature are a lot stronger, a lot more resilient.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

So that's a conversation that's happening now. And I think that's one of the biggest shifts that's going to happen in this century in infrastructure.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

So that's a conversation that's happening now. And I think that's one of the biggest shifts that's going to happen in this century in infrastructure.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

So that's a conversation that's happening now. And I think that's one of the biggest shifts that's going to happen in this century in infrastructure.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

In the U.S., a lot of times you have the back alleys or you might have some of those cables are not underground. It might be overground. But usually in cities that have both underground, yeah, you'll keep water on one side and electricity on the other. But that's like physical, right? They're separated physically, but you still need a lot of water for electricity.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

In the U.S., a lot of times you have the back alleys or you might have some of those cables are not underground. It might be overground. But usually in cities that have both underground, yeah, you'll keep water on one side and electricity on the other. But that's like physical, right? They're separated physically, but you still need a lot of water for electricity.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

In the U.S., a lot of times you have the back alleys or you might have some of those cables are not underground. It might be overground. But usually in cities that have both underground, yeah, you'll keep water on one side and electricity on the other. But that's like physical, right? They're separated physically, but you still need a lot of water for electricity.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

So the way that you generate electricity usually requires a lot of water. And you also need electricity to treat and distribute water. So they're interrelated. physically apart.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

So the way that you generate electricity usually requires a lot of water. And you also need electricity to treat and distribute water. So they're interrelated. physically apart.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

So the way that you generate electricity usually requires a lot of water. And you also need electricity to treat and distribute water. So they're interrelated. physically apart.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

yes yes but these are the smaller lines right so your mains are far away from your big electric distribution lines you know so your your large pipes are away from your large wires and then you have the smaller pipes crossing over but that's okay because if you have a leak it's not gonna you know impact it too much for the small pipes i see well that makes sense and where's the gas right down the middle

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

yes yes but these are the smaller lines right so your mains are far away from your big electric distribution lines you know so your your large pipes are away from your large wires and then you have the smaller pipes crossing over but that's okay because if you have a leak it's not gonna you know impact it too much for the small pipes i see well that makes sense and where's the gas right down the middle

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

yes yes but these are the smaller lines right so your mains are far away from your big electric distribution lines you know so your your large pipes are away from your large wires and then you have the smaller pipes crossing over but that's okay because if you have a leak it's not gonna you know impact it too much for the small pipes i see well that makes sense and where's the gas right down the middle