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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by legulere on Friday June 07, 2019 @10:56AM (#20125167)
High voltage cables still make more sense overground, because of higher costs and because they hardly fail.
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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by chrisseaton on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:03PM (#20126615)
But they can ruin the beauty of our natural landscapes.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/15/national-gri...

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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by legulere on Friday June 07, 2019 @04:28PM (#20128299)
You need to keep the soil on top of underground cables free from trees and deep-rooting bushes, so it’s not necessarily better looking.
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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by TimTheTinker on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:33PM (#20127839)
I know distribution lines are routinely buried, but can transmission lines be buried?
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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by Scoundreller on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:39PM (#20127880)
It doesn’t work too well unless you’re doing HVDC.
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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by dreamcompiler on Friday June 07, 2019 @11:23AM (#20125477)
But when they do, it's usually because of storms, trees, and...squirrels.
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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by bitbckt on Friday June 07, 2019 @11:58AM (#20125869)
Until they do and burn down towns in Northern California...
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