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by swabby429 on January 1st, 2007

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To anyone who works for an electric utility: In order to avoid downed lines during ice storms, tornados, etc., why aren't the majority of electric lines subterranian in the USA as is the case in UK and Europe?

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  • by Dog_Star on January 1st, 2007

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    Cost and safety, the majority of all power lines world wide are overhead, an underground high voltage explosion shut down the whole of the Auckland (new zealand) CBD for a week.

    Its actually a lot more technical, and there are many more things to consider.

    Nicolai Tesla did a lot of experiments on Power Transmission without or limited cabling.

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    • The first four answers are enlightening, especially explosions? That's a new one to me. I asked the question because much of the Great Plains area had ice storm related outages for the second week in a row. This latest one put out power for a couple of days, some towns as of now (01/01 9pm Central) are still out. We get the same junk several times each year. High winds and tornados do plenty of damage whenever the ice season doesn't. I can understand substations and high-tension lines being above ground...I guess I should extrapolate my reasoning, eh? Thanks.
      ...swabby...

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      by swabby429 on January 1st, 2007

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