npub19fcv2nflra09c6p9xz8c8detwj6uy07u4z4m25qh836mnvxtatdq6aay3c (npub19fc…ay3c) don’t think so, just cost
in NZ the large overhead transmission lines run through poor areas… as soon as you get to affluent suburbs the distribution lines dive underground…
our inter-island transmission cables are submarine and presumably also subterranean in places