• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    NIMBYs and Powerlines

    That’s like half-true. Plenty of NIMBYs who said “bury that shit we’re a vacation spot”, commence companies whining about cost and misrepresenting the position of opponents to deflect blame.

    Germany’s planning law does seem to be designed specifically to piss off the maximum amount of people. You need to inform early, before you’ve even decided on e.g. the route, so that you’re aware about conflict points so you can plan around them. Also figures that telling people “we’ve considered these 10 alternatives and don’t see any way around this particular nasty point, sorry” gets you a different reaction than “we’ve considered nothing and are out of alternatives”.

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      24 hours ago

      Every Village thinks it’s a wonderful Holiday destination, burying the lines IS costly and inefficient and we pay all for it with interest through the Network Fees.

      We have Transmission lines Here too, and it’s still a very liveable Environment.

      Yes it’s NIMBYism

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        22 hours ago

        Plenty of villages with economies which right-out rely on tourism, and plenty of space around those villages. As said: Many of those conflicts could have been avoided by collecting feedback before deciding on a route.

        Also: Would you rather pay more network fees or more for your electricity because insufficient interconnections cause price spikes on the local spot market? Burying a cable is a one-time investment, paying premium prices for electricity is a recurring cost.

        All I’m saying is that “Oh those evil NIMBYs” is a cop-out, if you plan and execute things properly you get YIMBYs. A master carpenter doesn’t blame their tools, a master planner doesn’t blame the population.