“The proposal to further degrade the environment in this major tourist area is claimed to be based on the need to avoid increases in the cost of electricity for UK households as a whole, since the provision of an underground route is more expensive than a second row of extremely unsightly pylons.
Electricity bills are already being inflated by the misguided, totally ineffective, smart meter rollout and the subsidies for alternative forms of energy. It is also possible to save substantial sums by simply regularly switching supplier. The amortised additional cost of an underground route to UK consumers would be smaller than these factors.
National Grid state that they have consulted landowners and householders on the placing of pylons along the proposed route. The proposed route halves the distance between our home and the overhead line, but we have never been consulted by National Grid. I see that the effect on our home has been rated MODERATE ADVERSE by the company, without either drawing this to our attention or asking for our opinion. This just about sums up the arrogance of this process from people who come here, draw up plans to ruin the island, ignore the opinions of elected representatives at all levels, and claim to have ‘consulted’.
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