When I first saw the towers, I thought monumental instead of eye sore. People keep building enormous towers throughout history, which might be related to some psychological thing to do with phallic symbols according to some experts...haha
Undergrounding does allay all doubts of appearance...
Check it out:
http://www.sce.com/PowerandEnvironment/Renewables/Wind/default.htm
They are 200 feet tall. Not for the spreading to homes but to transport to substations. The towers are larger than anything I've ever seen or have been able to find.
I read the wiki on a few related...
Thank you vk6kro, I'm finding that transmission lines generate electro-magnetic fields or EMFs. I think that's an electric field, but am not certain if that's just an electric field or if its a magnetic field that is the kind you can not block with copper...
Guessing this is a no-brainer, but...
Hello learned Engineers, Physicists, and people more useful than myself:
Thank you in advance for reading. I would like to submit a more educated proposal to a utility company for a method that would allow it to install 500 kilovolt renewable power transmission lines through many residential...