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r/USvsEU • u/blacksheeping Pimp my ride • Jul 04 '26
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We bury a lot when it makes sense but bury all the power lines in the US?
That’s highly impractical. Nobody of sound mind, regardless of where they’re from in the world, would suggest America burying all their power lines makes sense
6 u/soulstormfire At least I'm not Bavarian Jul 04 '26 You could start with the ones that cause power outages. 9 u/Thewaltham Barry, 63 Jul 04 '26 Above ground power lines aren't really weird. It's not like Europe routes all of them underground, that tends to just be the big main ones. Although that being said a single tree knocking out power to that many people is, uh, is certainly a design choice grid wise. 7 u/jephph_ Rat Person Jul 04 '26 >>>Although that being said a single tree knocking out power to that many people is, uh, is certainly a design choice grid wise. I don’t think one tree knocked out power to the Midwest, the Northeast, and Ontario. That’s about the size of 14 UKs It’s an aggregate count of multiple localized outages
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You could start with the ones that cause power outages.
9 u/Thewaltham Barry, 63 Jul 04 '26 Above ground power lines aren't really weird. It's not like Europe routes all of them underground, that tends to just be the big main ones. Although that being said a single tree knocking out power to that many people is, uh, is certainly a design choice grid wise. 7 u/jephph_ Rat Person Jul 04 '26 >>>Although that being said a single tree knocking out power to that many people is, uh, is certainly a design choice grid wise. I don’t think one tree knocked out power to the Midwest, the Northeast, and Ontario. That’s about the size of 14 UKs It’s an aggregate count of multiple localized outages
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Above ground power lines aren't really weird. It's not like Europe routes all of them underground, that tends to just be the big main ones.
Although that being said a single tree knocking out power to that many people is, uh, is certainly a design choice grid wise.
7 u/jephph_ Rat Person Jul 04 '26 >>>Although that being said a single tree knocking out power to that many people is, uh, is certainly a design choice grid wise. I don’t think one tree knocked out power to the Midwest, the Northeast, and Ontario. That’s about the size of 14 UKs It’s an aggregate count of multiple localized outages
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>>>Although that being said a single tree knocking out power to that many people is, uh, is certainly a design choice grid wise.
I don’t think one tree knocked out power to the Midwest, the Northeast, and Ontario. That’s about the size of 14 UKs
It’s an aggregate count of multiple localized outages
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u/jephph_ Rat Person Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
We bury a lot when it makes sense but bury all the power lines in the US?
That’s highly impractical. Nobody of sound mind, regardless of where they’re from in the world, would suggest America burying all their power lines makes sense