Where's you proof that 1. They were Liberals; 2. They are typical of Liberals. Huh? You got anything credible (Fox News doesn't count)?
If this were the case, the Alaskan Hi way wouldn't exist...most of our rails wouldn't exist...the railroad owns some of the most beautiful, scenic acreage in the country and the rails are already in most places...what's inefficient is the wooden telephone pole or electric line..now that's a waste of material and manpower if there ever was one.....power companies and telecommunications companies resisted underground cable for way to long for the very reason you seem to be anti high speed rail..we'd have no Panama Canal if this were the line of thinking when faced with a challenge.
There are more power losses in underground cable than in overhead wires. Then you've got the issue of people cutting the lines and either killing the workman or losing power or both. I too, would like to see underground cables but expect to see some new problems. I had a roommate in college who's dad was a high voltage electrician for Bonneville power. One day he was working on a generator line when someone switched the wrong switch and made his line live. It threw him across the room but guess what? He survived. More trivia free of charge. You could say something like, what a swell guy, Lanny.
My son has done this for decades and he says it's all about overtime pay during storm season....and super labor intensive to maintain
Hey river!!! Stick you head outside. You don't have rail every where. What the hell are you selling? You have rail down the I 5 and over the I 84. But we have high speed communications even in Bandon. Even Myrtle Point. All over the state. It is lovely though, way more enjoyable than air travel. Did you not get the word? The new Dem Governor in Cal, shot down that high speed rail from SAC, San Fransisco to LA. I guess he did not get AOC's memo. Dang! After pissing away 3 or 4 billion of federal money too.
Naw. We have had all underground utilities here in my development for over 25 years now. Not one problem, we never lose power due to and issue here. We do often though where the line run on poles to service this area. Damn they send crews out to trim trees but never to bury cable. But that is what you get with government regulated utility that is guaranteed a profit and regulated to achieve that said profit.
Absolutely don't know anything about them, but I find that disturbing... Don't care where they're at on the political spectrum. It's kind of screwed up.
