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A comment on Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of expanding electrification.

Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by next_xibalba on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:16PM (#45784470)
Amazing! Let's hope we get these in the U.S.

One thing that seemed ambiguous in the article: are these actually installed? The APG website [1] says "Two Austrian Power Giants — one in the shape of a stork and the other of a stag — were pre-tested statically and electrotechnically to verify their technical feasibility." So are the images just renderings?

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Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by qwertz123 on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:27PM (#45784551)
For now, it‘s just a potential concept. Article in German: https://futurezone.at/digital-life/strommasten-hirsch-stoch-...
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Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by logifail on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:57PM (#45784813)
> Let's hope we get these in the U.S.

This is concept art, no more, no less.

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Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by foxglacier on Saturday November 01, 2025 @05:45PM (#45785691)
Yes, the author Kamrin Baker is clearly trying to fool readers into believing they're already installed. The "photo" captions are particularly misleading.
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