>The advent of a new transmission route in the US these days is pretty much a miracle event. Having had three major transmission lines for energy (two electric

>The advent of a new transmission route in the US these days is pretty much a miracle event. Having had three major transmission lines for energy (two electric one gas) come through the area I live in the last 8 years, this is just false. In the US it's not hard to get it done as long as you have mountains of cash and a state willing to imminent domain people.