From Chip Ashley on May 7, 2008 at 8:42 am.  

A couple of other considerations: (1) If the project is built in the S J Valley, the lines can be buried when running next to populated areas. This pretty much solves the problem of EMF. Burying is not feasible in the mountains. (2) In the foothills and Sierra, the issue is not so much a NIMBY issue as an environmental issue. In my case, for example, I would be satisfied with "just compensation" or "fair market value" if it were merely a matter of property and money. But it's not an issue of money. Infinitely more important to me is the place called Watts Valley and the foothills themselves, which I believe should be protected for their own sake, as wild places. Soon places like Watts Valley will be all gone if we don't start now to protect them from development.