tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post112180487734699781..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: Piling on the pylon pressurePeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1121835289030189462005-07-20T16:54:00.000+12:002005-07-20T16:54:00.000+12:00Lemur raised a good point, and I think the solutio...Lemur raised a good point, and I think the solution to all this problem is to let the north island have its own power supply. In practical terms, this means a nuclear power plant (gas or oil: too expensive. coal: too much polution. hydrolic: need to create some new rivers first), which is another political land mine. Labor is too chicken to take on this issue seriously, however.<BR/><BR/>I can definitely understand why the land owners are upset, and this cannot be compared to rail road or gas line because pylons pose a health threat. I usually dismiss claims about cell phones frying your brain (they don't), but pylons create a much, much stronger electro-magnetic field. I wouldn't be surprised if that contributes to a greater risk of cancer. I think to ask those people to directly suffer for the rest of us is unfair. Then again, if we build a nuclear power plant, people living next to it might consider it a hazard, too. But that is if only anything goes wrong, as opposed to pylons, which most likely will cause problems when it's functioning normally.Saxphilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15746509306373180790noreply@blogger.com