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by thereare5lights 5y ago
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This course of action appears to be a result of a recent wildfire that may have been caused by PG&E power lines
- aurizon 5y agoAparently huge increases in annual insurance costs make it cheaper in the long run to pay the high first cost of burial and amortise over 20 years of the lot lower cost of underground insurance.
- Ottolay 5y agoI originally saw https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/pge-likely-sparks-another-massive-fire-pledges-to-bury-10000-miles-of-power-lines/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/pge-likely-spark.... Everybody seems to think that burying power lines is a walk in the park. It unfortunate the the conditions have changed were it is now necessity.