Luna Lactea on Nostr: Aw yucky :( I guess having above ground power lines still makes sense despite being ...
Aw yucky :(
I guess having above ground power lines still makes sense despite being in a bad area for it. I'm also in a bad area for that due to wind. Dirt is just a bad electromagnetic conductor for power transmission, except for actual electrical conduction through ground for power return, & that makes it more difficult to work with than just putting the power lines in air. Power poles need to be built & maintained to actually handle the wind. I don't see why they couldn't work out something with below ground power lines in air filled conduits though, but it would be super expensive. Those could also function as emergency flood drainage if it got bad enough that the city was willing to sacrifice power. Do shielded power lines that can trap electric fields inside & work fine buried in dirt exist? Would those transmit the same power well enough? I'm not an electrical engineer & I don't know the math for power transmission.
I guess having above ground power lines still makes sense despite being in a bad area for it. I'm also in a bad area for that due to wind. Dirt is just a bad electromagnetic conductor for power transmission, except for actual electrical conduction through ground for power return, & that makes it more difficult to work with than just putting the power lines in air. Power poles need to be built & maintained to actually handle the wind. I don't see why they couldn't work out something with below ground power lines in air filled conduits though, but it would be super expensive. Those could also function as emergency flood drainage if it got bad enough that the city was willing to sacrifice power. Do shielded power lines that can trap electric fields inside & work fine buried in dirt exist? Would those transmit the same power well enough? I'm not an electrical engineer & I don't know the math for power transmission.