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

[Marghanita da Cruz]

David Boxall wrote:
> 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?
> 

Well you can see overhead power lines...I wouldn't like to put a shovel 
through a power cable...which has happened with presumeably shallow Telecom 
cables. There is also the issue of broken cables and water...what happens 
in a earthquake/tsunami?

Marghanita
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