EirGrid North South ESB plyon line

abakan

Has anybody any opinions on the proposed plyons the form the new north south electricity interconnector that will run from meath to tyrone, its a 400Kv line, very powerful line.a news article from RTE can be found here

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1119/pylon.html

some reports say the you could cook and egg under it, so can you imagine that treat it has for your body.

I seen a program on ear to the ground on this and I am fully behind the rejection of the plyons unless they go underground they are terrible monstrosies and ugly things to be ruining the countyside, never mind the "unproven health risks" that can be found all over the net of shortened animal and human life.

I have read of a similar proposal that was rejected in Donegal 2001, and the for reasons where the health of humans and livestock, the scenic impact on the land for locals and tourism, devaluation of land and limited use of land around the pylons so there is hope yet for rejecting this latest proposal

http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/atp.html

Website on the plyonspressue group
http://www.pylonpressure.ie/

Gaspode

abakan wrote: »

Has anybody any opinions on the proposed plyons the form the new north south electricity interconnector that will run from meath to tyrone, its a 400Kv line, very powerful line.a news article from RTE can be found here

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1119/pylon.html

some reports say the you could cook and egg under it, so can you imagine that treat it has for your body.

I seen a program on ear to the ground on this and I am fully behind the rejection of the plyons unless they go underground they are terrible monstrosies and ugly things to be ruining the countyside, never mind the "unproven health risks" that can be found all over the net of shortened animal and human life.

I have read of a similar proposal that was rejected in Donegal 2001, and the for reasons where the health of humans and livestock, the scenic impact on the land for locals and tourism, devaluation of land and limited use of land around the pylons so there is hope yet for rejecting this latest proposal

http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/atp.html

Website on the plyonspressue group
http://www.pylonpressure.ie/

Personally, I think for purely cosmetic reasons the lines should be underground. The only real saftey issue with them is the danger for farmers should their machinery come in contact with them.
Most of the reports of bad health effects are total bullsh1t, the sort of thing that unfortunately permeates the net all the time now. You cant cook an egg under any power lines! Go have a look at www.snopes.com to see just how many of these health claims are urban myths! If that were true, then the soil for 30 or so feet on either side of the underground cables would be cooked fairly quickly, killing any crops, plants etc above them. That's a lot of dead land from Meath to Tyrone, and in peaty areas, the cooked peat would dry out over the years and begin to burn. I really dont think thats likely, any more than the eggs scenario is.
However, there are a small number of scientific studies which show there May be some ill health effects from living directly under power lines. Not enough to be conclusive, but enough that planners need to make sure the power lines are moved from areas of habitation as much as possible.

I think though that any pressure group looking to have them routed underground needs to steer clear of spouting urban legens about 'supposed' health implications and focus on actual proven effects if it is to be successful. Stick to facts not scare tactics.
A lot of objectors to masts for instance have gone down the doom and damnation, 'think of your poor kids' route to try to frighten people into supporting them, and I think it has backfired on a lot of them.

I'd definitely support the push to put pylons underground, but once I hear talk of 'frying eggs' I switch off!!