On Tue, 16 Feb 2021, Rod Beck wrote:
Are the power lines buried like in Europe where I live?
I really think using poles is crazy and global warming guarantees enough
atmospheric turbulence to make it untenable. Florida is moving to bury
power lines.
Only 41% of European lines are underground [1]. Population density is
higher in the UK, 280 per sq km, versus the US, 34 per sq km [2].
Netherlands: 423 per sq km
Belgium: 376 per sq km
Germany: 233 per sq km
Switzerland: 208 per sq km
Italy: 200 per sq km
When population density is low, the cost to install buried lines does
not make financial sense, even considering the outages.
In major cities, lines are buried in the US.
Granted, there are several US States that individually are similar to
Europe:
New Jersey: 467 per sq km
Massachussetts: 331 per sq km
New York: 161 per sq km (despite having NYC, largest city in the US)
California: 95 per sq km (despite having LA, 2nd largest city in the US)
Texas: 39 per sq km
Buried lines makes sense where it makes sense. Comparing Europe to the
US is way too broad, and I don't know where you live.
[1]
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-05/why-europe-pays-less-than-u-s-to-put-power-lines-underground
[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density
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Subject: RE: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
On Mon, 15 Feb 2021, Sean Donelan wrote:
Strange the massive shortages and failures are only in one state.
The extreme cold weather extends northwards across many states, which aren't
reporting rolling blackouts.
https://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/08/texplainer-why-does-texas-have-its-own-power-grid/
Going at it alone can be beneficial sometimes, sometimes it's not.
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