[LINK] Hold up your hands if you Like HT Transmission Lines - Was - solar plants

[David Boxall]

On 21/06/2011 10:55 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> David Boxall wrote:
>> ...
>> It would probably not be wise to encourage storage of energies of
>> those magnitudes by home-owners. Grid-connect and centralised storage
>> hold fewer hazards. Of course, the transmission lines should be
>> underground.
> <snip>
>
> Electricity transmission lines would need to be a long way underground.
> ...
Half a metre should suffice. It would certainly be safer than overhead 
wires. Isn't it funny, how comfortable we are with familiar hazards, 
simply because we're familiar with them?

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