Cheney's America-Power lines on the Appalachian trail?

[underpants]

US trumps states over siting power lines

Designated as part of a national power 'corridor' Tuesday, Virginia could see transmission towers near Civil War sites.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1004/p03s02-usgn.html

Huge transmission lines could soon skirt Civil War battlegrounds, historic districts, and the Appalachian Trail following a federal order that designates national corridors in two key regions of the United States with fast-growing electricity needs.

Under provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is allowed to preempt local and state zoning laws when it designates a "national interest electric transmission corridor." It also permits the use of federal powers of eminent domain that would require landowners to sell their property.

But Dominion Resources, which has proposed a 65-mile power line through the Virginia countryside narrowly skirting battlefields, has said it expects state regulators to make a positive decision on its recent application. If the company doesn't like the decision, it may now apply to FERC for review of its power-line proposal.

Some of the most heated resistance is in Virginia where the new national corridor includes 11 historic districts, one national historic landmark, 19 state or national historic sites, seven Civil War battlefields, and the Appalachian Trail. Some of the most famous sites of the Civil War – Manassas, Antietem, and Gettysburg – lie within the Mid-Atlantic corridor.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. I'm sure those big empty battlefields use a LOT of electricity ...

so fair's fair. :sarcasm:

[underpants]

2. Ohhhhh MY!

that is the expression of many VUHginyahns will have when they hear this.


Our beloved battlefields!!!

[TrogL]

3. Part of the North American Union?