Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin...
by 127361 on Sunday January 28, 2024 @06:04AM
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It's not possible to abstract any sizable amount of energy this way, unless the line is kilometers long. It's the scale of the "theft" that matters, which is so trivial compared to the inherent losses in the transmission line.
Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin...
by idiotsecant on Sunday January 28, 2024 @11:58AM
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Is it OK to eat a grape for free in the grocery? Why or why not?
Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin...
by MOARDONGZPLZ on Sunday January 28, 2024 @12:36PM
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Yes, when done in good faith. This is customary like trying tastes of beer from a bartender when selecting the beer one wants a pint of. Draining electricity with an antenna is neither customary nor done in good faith…
Your analogy would be better if it were asking if it’s okay to walk through the store daily and take a couple grapes to add to my fruit basket at home.
This is equivilant to throwing an extra belt over the shift to power your own machine.
There's only so much power available and as more and more machines are driven there's less and less ommph to power more.
This is literally adding "drag" to the overhead power line and decreasing what reaches the end point of transmission.
It's not equivilant to scooping up photons that were being thrown on the ground anyway.