permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Linda Frost wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the permaculture position on overhead power lines and pilons? 
> Are they really as bad as we tend to fear or is it just more energy to 
> deal with in some new way? I would be happy to hear opinions and be 
> pointed to research that is not specifically put out to support one side 
> of this "argument" or the other.

You'll find a lot of info here that might be helpful. It seems that there is 
no risk
in most situations but there are some where there is a cancer risk - read 
these pages
of comments to find out more and/or Google "high voltage power lines".

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