It is the height of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Harvey in Texas and Louisiana caused nearly 300,000 customers to lose electricity service, and Hurricane Irma has cut service to millions of people. Soon, winter storms will bring wind and snow to much of the country.
Anxious people everywhere worry about the impact these storms might have on their safety, comfort and convenience. Will they disrupt my commute to work? My children's ride to school? My electricity service?
When it comes to electricity, people turn their attention to the power lines overhead and wonder if their electricity service might be more secure if those lines were buried underground. But having studied this question for utilities and regulators, I can say the answer is not that straightforward. Burying power lines, also called undergrounding, is expensive, requires the involvement of many stakeholders and might not solve the problem at all.
Would burying power lines render them more weather-proof?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 15 2017, @04:15PM
Hmm, let's consider homes with sewers. So... adding a couple more pipes into an already dug whole where you're already adding other pipes compared to putting in a bunch of telephone poles and running wire between them all and you think putting up the poles is cheaper? LOL! Oh and it might be harder to service, maybe, or it may actually be cheaper depending on how it's laid out. You don't know, I don't know, but I like your unbiased assumption.
I'm not sure whether you're the mule or the donkey, but the prefix definitely fits you.