Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of expanding electrification

Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by robjeiter on Saturday November 01, 2025 @04:31PM (#45785062)

If only Austria would do nuclear than the grid would not need an expansion and electricity would be way cheaper. Or alternatively fracking could be used to increase the domestic gas production. There are plenty of reserves.

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Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by earthnail on Saturday November 01, 2025 @06:12PM (#45785908)

And where exactly does Austria plan to dump its nuclear waste? Which beautiful mountain should become unclimbable?

Nuclear waste storage has way higher public acceptance problems than power cables.

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Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by herewulf on Saturday November 01, 2025 @10:24PM (#45787387)

You took the wrong bait. Fracking is far worse for mountains than the relatively tiny amount of impact that nuclear waste has. Look it up.

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Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by earthnail on Friday November 14, 2025 @05:52PM (#45933113)

I don’t disagree. But good luck explaining that to the general public.

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Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by nixass on Saturday November 01, 2025 @04:33PM (#45785080)

> If only Austria would do nuclear

Now you're just talking crazy.

People, we have crazy over here

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Re:Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of exp... by Jolter on Sunday November 02, 2025 @02:58AM (#45788630)

Surely Increased amount of small to medium solar installations would reduce the need for major transmission lines even more?

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