London and the south east is the UK in economic terms. Its the only those 2 regions which are net contributor to taxes

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxe...

Yes.

And I wish people would understand how costs work.

Pylons need space right, they also need maintenance corridors and access. Every ~360m you need a space to put a pylon[1]. Can you imagine the cost of buying 400m2 every 360 in zone 1?

what about the scaffolding when you need to re-string the cables? can you imagine how expensive that would be? what about if a lorry smacks into it? Its just not practical.

I grew up in norfolk, next to a bunch of HV pylons. No-one commented on them, because they were always there. THey are going to put some more in, and suddenly "its a blot on the land scape" and its "ecological damaging" Then its proposed that the cables are buried. apparently a 200 meter clearing 30km long is more ecologically friendly than pylons ever n hundred meters.

but thats an aside.

[1]https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-distance-between-electrici...

Sounds like you are trying to compare the many hundreds of miles (thousands?) of transmission cables needed to cope with the massive geographic change of generation sources to this ~20mi cable system.

There are many examples of how the UK is London-centric. This isn't one of them.

Manchester is burgeoning, still someways behind London.

It’d be super, smashing, great! for the cities to be far better connected together across the Pennines.

What are the costs of an underground cable in the cities you’re considering, expressed as:

1. Cost per kWh transmitted?

2. Cost per person served?

3. Cost per pound of GDP generated?

Please provide this for London and the other locations you have in mind.

You're lucky to have us mate. London is the only thing going for this country. We should be betting /more/ on London.

I know what you're saying, but maybe there is a tipping point when the economics is worth it.

Cool to see cycling down there - much safer than on the roads above.