It seems kind of primitive to have power lines just hanging on poles, right?

Bit unsightly too

Is it just a cost issue and is it actually significant when considering the cost of power loss on society (work, hospital, food, etc)?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 17 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

The price of electricity in a country usually has nothing to do with whether power lines are run above or below the ground. Very often a large part of your electricity price is determined by taxes and subsidies for example. And in my country (the Netherlands) the suppliers of electricity are different companies than the ones responsible for the power network too. Like Sweden we haven't had residential power lines running above ground for half a century or so, it's pretty uncommon in (Western?) Europe.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Infrastructure is a huge part of electricity prices.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments