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On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 20:02:35 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 03/11/2025 19:20, c186282 wrote:
>> Most infrastructure like this, somebody many decades
>>    back GUESSED what the future demand would be.
> 
> I think they were more precise than that.
> But experience shows that engineering for today and upgrading when
> needed is cheaper than over engineering for a tomorrow that never comes.

Several of the New England nuclear plants were designed for a demand that 
never came as manufacturing left the area. Two have been decommissioned 
and the intended second unit for another was never built. Energy 
deregulation was another problem since they couldn't compete with hydro 
generated electricity from Canada.