how do you think about both of those things? well we definitely need to do more about our grid. we have seen things that i never thought i d see in america, like during the ice and snowstorms that hit texas. you know, blackouts lasting to the point that american families were melting snow balls in bath tubs to flush toilets. that shouldn t happen in the united states of america. any way you cut it we need to improve the grid. we have to invest in electricity. may not seem sexy. but imagine what happens if we move toward having more frequent problems or outages. it s simply unacceptable, given how much we rely on a good strong electric grid to make it possible to do everything from doing your homework to charging a car, to going about your life. you ve said when you were mayor of south bend that you could repave every lane mile of street about every 100 years or something like that. correct. in normal times streets need repaycheck probably every 15 years. in times like this wher