Well, you could. But imagine after all the conflict, would Russia offer a good deal? Who’d pay for the cost increase? And what else could they ask in return, more raw material for nuclear weapons, so that in 15 years they can go another round with an even better odds?

To be fair, a shaft is supposed to go in there, just not that kind of shaft.

Transformers don’t physically connect, in a transformer there’s a coil on each side of input and output, and the electricity is transmitted by induction.

But I enjoy the thought of being connected with people through electricity!