On my way to Lake Mead I was taken by some of the beautiful landscapes that we were driving through at 70 MPH.  RP and I began to discuss the fact that there is hardly anywhere that you look that you don’t see power lines and towers.

Which made me remember the image that you see here.  I have been spending more time reading in my garden (by Hollywood standards it counts as a garden) and the a few weeks ago I noticed this electrical eyesore.  I realize that we need power, but c’mon, that is hideous to look at.  I didn’t notice it for two years because I am adjusted and used to seeing things like that.  But the other day I realized that these lines are criss-crossing throughout my property just a few feet above my head.  It seems like there has to be a better way.  Can’t we bury these things?  Would it cost a stellar amount of money to rework our infrastructure?  Have we built ourselves into aesthetic doom?

Anyway, the NYT ran an article about it today.