It seems kind of primitive to have power lines just hanging on poles, right?

Bit unsightly too

Is it just a cost issue and is it actually significant when considering the cost of power loss on society (work, hospital, food, etc)?

  • lime!@feddit.nu
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    2 days ago

    my family’s house is in a village of around seven households. we have our own well and septic tank. power lines are still underground.

    • sorghum@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      The other half of this equation is for a bunch of rural power here in the US are handled by co-ops. So the people paying for the infrastructure directly are same people that pay the power bill. If the people don’t want to pay for it, they aren’t going to build it out. It’s why I believe the best solution for these homes would be to solar panels and battery banks.