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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
I never quite understood it, but after all my years of flying, I have come to relize that powerlines and airports attract one another. For some reason, powerlines always end up on one of both sides of a field. SOmeone explain this to me?
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Oddly enough I was just having a talk about this with a friend who works at TXU electric just a couple of weeks ago.
He said that, here in Texas, powerlines often end up in odd places (by airports or schools) because our power grid was state-regulated at one time. It was cheaper to put the lines on government property, and avoided costly delays from citizens who might litigate to prevent them from being installed in their area.
Just a theory, I don't really know much about it. However, if government is involved at any time with something that seems stupid, I'm not surprised.
On the other hand, if private industry were involved with the placement of said power lines, I have no idea what their motivation is, except that it probably saves or makes money somehow.