On: Show HN: My $1k self-install, off-grid solar backu...

[grosswait]

Yes, much of the rural us east coast experiences a few a month. So many trees mean that even with continuous maintenance, odds are good that a storm or two a month will have an impact to at least some parts of any given service area.

[r00fus → grosswait]

US needs to start burying power lines. So many benefits and it doesn't look like crap.

[epistasis → r00fus]

That's runs afoul of the unions that run the poles.

[1992spacemovie → r00fus]

Buried power is 2x to 10x more expensive per mile.