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Do you have trees where you live? :) Because we have above-ground power lines in much of the US, wind and ice are always bringing branches down on power lines.
by mcone 1y ago
Do you have trees where you live? :) Because we have above-ground power lines in much of the US, wind and ice are always bringing branches down on power lines.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoNew local and/or urban last mile electrical distribution infra is typically buried, but to your point, lots of legacy above ground infra at risk until someone finds the funds to bury/harden it. https://www.fema.gov/case-study/overhead-underground-it-pays-bury-power-lines https://www.fema.gov/case-study/overhead-underground-it-pays... https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/21/burying-power-lines-for-wildfire-prevention-is-effective-but-expensive.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/21/burying-power-lines-for-wild... https://research.ufl.edu/should-power-lines-go-underground.html https://research.ufl.edu/should-power-lines-go-underground.h... https://web.archive.org/web/20220101210439/https://www.eei.org/issuesandpolicy/electricreliability/undergrounding/Documents/UndergroundReport.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220101210439/https://www.eei.o... (have an electrical journeyman friend who will spend the rest of his life upgrading California electrical infra, we speak frequently on this topic)
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