wow I had no idea about the pressurized mineral oil. and yeah after I posted this I realized how hard it would be to trench over dozens of miles of rocky mountain areas. sinking poles is several orders of magnitude easier
Yep, another bonus of poles is rent. Power companies can charge rent to telecoms that want to attach to their poles. Can't charge rent on a hole (though there are some kinda trying by pulling extra conduit and selling it to ISPs)
now I've been reading about all the operational reasons for why the oil is there. very interesting, also apparently an environmental hazard after the line is decommissioned
Yeah, it's really not a good idea. They only put it in because of NIMBYs. Ironically they all now have a n environmental hazard waiting to happen in their back yards instead of a few high voltage pylons.
wow I had no idea about the pressurized mineral oil. and yeah after I posted this I realized how hard it would be to trench over dozens of miles of rocky mountain areas. sinking poles is several orders of magnitude easier
Yep, another bonus of poles is rent. Power companies can charge rent to telecoms that want to attach to their poles. Can't charge rent on a hole (though there are some kinda trying by pulling extra conduit and selling it to ISPs)
now I've been reading about all the operational reasons for why the oil is there. very interesting, also apparently an environmental hazard after the line is decommissioned
Yeah, it's really not a good idea. They only put it in because of NIMBYs. Ironically they all now have a n environmental hazard waiting to happen in their back yards instead of a few high voltage pylons.