Massive power lines in front of Rocky Mountain National Park?
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Power lines carry the electricity to your computer so you can make posts like this. Don't demonize the modern conveniences you enjoy. It is popular to claim lines are ugly but the overall impact is far less than underground lines. |
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Don't these DOE people realize that appearances and tourism are key to the Estes Park area? Seems ill advised to relocate them if a corridor is already in place. Somebody's construction company maybe has a DOE friend? |
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Brian Bourquin wrote:Power lines carry the electricity to your computer so you can make posts like this. Don't demonize the modern conveniences you enjoy. It is popular to claim lines are ugly but the overall impact is far less than underground lines.Did you even read the post? They're talking about reusing the existing corridor instead of creating another (which may be for the convenience of one landowner). |
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Why isn't this stuff buried along the interstate highways ? We have the same issue in the NE where they want to build a big power line down through NH from Canada. |
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Brian Bourquin wrote: the overall impact is far less than underground lines.How so? |
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Woodchuck ATC wrote:Don't these DOE people realize that appearances and tourism are key to the Estes Park area? Seems ill advised to relocate them if a corridor is already in place. Somebody's construction company maybe has a DOE friend?Not to mention the colossal waste of tax payer dollars to create another corridor, which will likely include condemnation of other private lands. Makes a ton of sense given the current state and federal governments' fiscal conditions. Obviously, it's a money thing. If it's approved money comes in, justified by "job creation" just like all the other unnecessary projects and alleged jobs created by the stimulus packages... |
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Hi all. |
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Bump. Letter Sent. |
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Good luck folks fighting it. The ranch owners sound like wicked A-holes. Hopefully they will all die in a small private plane accident or a drive their Hummer at high speed into a ditch soon. |
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with the winds that have been goin through here recently those things won't last long hahahahaha |
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M Sprague wrote:Good luck folks fighting it. The ranch owners sound like wicked A-holes. Hopefully they will all die in a small private plane accident or a drive their Hummer at high speed into a ditch soon.Seriously? Who is the wicked A-Hole here? Are you seriously hoping that another human dies a tragic death on a climbing forum? I hope your post is in jest for your sake. PS: I dont want the powerlines either. |
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What do you think? You have heard of a little hyperbole, no? Truth be told, I do find nasty selfish people repulsive and don't find their eventual demise too saddening. I do find it sad that they are like that though. |
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Not only that, but the planned location of the powerlines will be more favorable to invasion by hostile extra-terrestrials and asteroid collisions. |
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Buff Johnson wrote:Not only that, but the planned location of the powerlines will be more favorable to invasion by hostile extra-terrestrials and asteroid collisions.Are you saying these lines will protect us against the upcoming alien invasion and asteroid destruction? Well now that's something to consider. |
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Whether you don't want your tax dollars being wasted on a re-route to serve private interests, or you just don't want to see our scenic public lands littered with clear cuts and ten story steel towers, I think we can all agree that re-building the power lines out of the Estes Valley confined along areas already designated for this purpose by the USFS makes sense. |
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letter sent |
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Hi all. Thanks for everyone who sent comments yesterday! The site was down all today, not sure why. But it's back up. So, if you tried to send a comment and couldn't, now you can. |
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M Sprague wrote:Why isn't this stuff buried along the interstate highways ? We have the same issue in the NE where they want to build a big power line down through NH from Canada.The primary difference is cost - it is much more expensive to put it underground, especially in mountainous terrain or areas where the ground cover has a lot of rock. i'm kind of surprised they aren't figuring out a way to add to the existing route - seems like it would be best all around. |
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Wow, I'm Mr-Sold-Out-to-the-Man and this makes even me angry. |