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whatevaayesterday at 9:13 AM1 replyview on HN

Burying high voltage lines comes with problems of isolation. Air is good insulator while still allowing heat dissipation, ground is good conductor. You can isolate but then you need cooling. It get's complicated and expensive.


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atoavtoday at 3:18 AM

Also it dries out the soil.