Perhaps a good analogy is gas and fuel pipelines, which are also dug into the ground. And there are *absolutely* no protests about these, ever. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-62379494 h… (View Post)

An interesting B1M video on the way NIMBYism, politics and environmentalism is stopping a vital transportation infrastructure project. In Japan... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZJBNhTDqM (About M… (View Post)

It doesn't make much sense for underground to be cheaper. You need to dig a trench across a long distance; across roads, fields, etc; through all sorts of ground conditions. What can be done abo… (View Post)

From 2012: "The independent study, by engineering consultancy Parsons Brinckerhoff, showed that over the lifetime of the infrastructure it was around five times more costly to have the power lin… (View Post)

"If the gas pipelines are there, why not run the cables through them. Save on pylons and trenches. " An interesting idea with explosive opportunities... ;) (View Post)