the people largely don't want *another* HV power feed running through thier area/property; at least not one that exists solely for commercial use. This issue is actually somewhat local to me; and the residents of the area have always been at odd with "big power"...simply because of the greed . . . The biggest issue is it's going in to serve *one* customer; it has no overall benefit to the residents of the area; and this is after a power company already abusing exsiting contracts and promises. They've seen zero benefit from the result of this growth. I can tell you this though; if the local electric co-op wanted to put the line in; there'd be almost no opposition. The co-op would also fairly compensate everyone while engineering the line to serve the demands of the customer; but as well as all the customers running along this new line.
I have posted in this topic previously - but "Tru-dis" My power currently comes off the Broadrun feed, the same one that should feed the AMZ data center. The power has been flaky in the past from this feed. I lost power for 4 days in 2013, but the houses across the road were lit up. I 100% support using Amazon's business case to upgrade the power for the community, but in this case - the power company has been silent on what benefit this Virgina HV update would do for the community. It is all about the AMZ need. There have been rumors of another datacenter in the mix, but 1 or 10 makes no difference to me. We need to keep the community from becoming a corporate dumping ground now that the Ashburn market is "full" - so if AMZ wants to be in my back yard using a hybrid of above and below ground power distribution - I welcome my new neighbor. Put up a 100ft high tower in-front of my house to do it - I fight it. Engage the community, get common ground. Work it out as a community partner. Full disclosure - I work for a Datacenter company with 24 datacenters across the US. So I knida know the impact if done correctly.
But they also complained about POWER LINES!?!?! WTF?
the Virginia complaints are about 100 ft tall powers lines on 120 wide cleared right of way. running literally through the town of Haymarket, VA or the 4 communities just outside the town limits.
The red green and amber run through housing areas. the blue aerial line path is also right through housing.
there is one acceptable path to most if not all the people - “the I-66 hybrid alternative” it is costly but uses existing high voltage paths then a public right of way. It is the only one that seems to click the NIMBY box from no to yes. PWC residents aren't saying not in my back yard - they are saying be sensible to not only the aesthetics on suburban living, but knowing that development is needed.
I've proposed a draft query language called "Smeql" (Structured Meta-Enabled Query Language, pronounced "smeegol") for such. You can "calculate" column lists using dynamic queries, for example.
It's a far far needier field than app languages.
When I first read this I thought you were going "Funny" with this... Sméagol... Too funny.
"If you own a machine, you are in turn owned by it, and spend your time serving it..." -- Marion Zimmer Bradley, _The Forbidden Tower_
