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Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin... by agsnu on Sunday January 28, 2024 @05:54AM (#39164414)
Not true, either physically or legally.
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Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin... by 127361 on Sunday January 28, 2024 @05:58AM (#39164433)
The line losses are so huge anyway, this would barely even register. Heck a few large trees close to the power line would drain more energy than this. Considering such a trivial act as "theft" is completely ridiculous.
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Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin... by speff on Sunday January 28, 2024 @10:09AM (#39166458)
It’s interesting how confidently they asserted something plain wrong.
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