Yet the more pressing problem has always been infrastructure.
But cities which are strapped for cash do not always build infrastructure.
As regulators weigh their options for 2030, they would be wise to remember that our greatest energy resource isn't always new infrastructure, or even cleaner technology.
Those wonderful always-on Infrastructure and Application as a Services software designers and IT pros can't live without?
"Powerline has become an increasingly popular option for an always-on infrastructure because of the explosive growth in connected AV devices, and the high speeds and reliability required to support these demanding applications," said Chris Geiser, NETGEAR's product line manager for in-home distribution consumer products.
It generally moves through pipelines, but because its prices are low, the economics do not always support building infrastructure where it is needed.
Usage of new infrastructure always takes time to ramp up, so does this just track the expected pattern of growth anyway?
"It is our goal to always provide an infrastructure which is sufficient for or even ahead of the demand," he said in an e-mail message.
Gillian Evans, emeritus professor of medieval theology and intellectual history, University of Cambridge There will be no more block grant for teaching, and the block grant has always provided the infrastructure.
In some cases, countries or companies have the smarts and the people to pull it off innovative businesses or ideas, but don't always have the infrastructure in place.
"We always had the infrastructure, we just didn't have the dollars" in the state, Pons said.
