Comment Re:Bureaucratic Solutions (Score 1) 735
Slashdot has had this argument before. The main arguments against burying infrastructure are:
1) Maintenance. Every time something breaks, you have to dig up the problem. A sewer system for the entire country is not practical either.
2) The ground shifts frequently, especially in the temperate climates, which ups the chance of breakage.
3) Lots of underground animals who tend towards eating through stuff, which ups breakage too.
So no burying lines, it is too expensive.