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Yet another idiotic, ignorant conflation between HV distribution lines, which CANNOT be buried (not without lots of cost-prohibitive infrastructure), with local
by campfireveteran 7y ago
Yet another idiotic, ignorant conflation between HV distribution lines, which CANNOT be buried (not without lots of cost-prohibitive infrastructure), with local distribution lines, which CAN be buried. Hell, why not just pipe in hydrogen or methane ONLY to homes and generate power at the neighborhood level, and skip the losses and dangers incurred by inter-(regional/state/national) HV distribution? Then those lines, at 208-380V range from local generation over short distances can be easily buried as many are now. No more power going out from stormy, windy, icy, hot or dry conditions, same check underground utilities maps before digging process. It's much safer to pump around high energy-density LP fuels than maintain top-down, nonredundant electrical grids that cause fires, go down and take out hundreds of thousands of customers, are inherently risky to lives and property, and require constant and extensive arboreal maintenance.