Kilometres and kilometres of powerlines clutter the raptor's habitat

"Between 2017 and 2023, 110 wedge-tailed eagles were confirmed as injured or killed by powerline infrastructure in Tasmania."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-22/new-risk-mapping-tool-aims-to-prevent-powerline-bird-deaths/105442428
#powerlines #electricity #birds #raptors

Reykjanes peninsula powerlines

Lava field with mossy vegetation

Small town life:

The sound of spring around here is an interesting mix of chainsaws, wood chippers, birds, and cars with busted exhaust systems.

Between the electricity company bitching about trees getting close to their above ground power lines, the town worried about lawsuits, and insurance companies worried about wildfires, it's mostly wood chippers for about two months, .

I've just been discussing a radio site with a 50m tower with the civil engineer on my team.

He has just returned from a site visit where the supplier is starting tower footings 9 metres from a energised 33KV overhead power line! He issued an immediate stop-work. The supplier is responsible for site selection, acquisition and all paperwork.

I'm trying to comprehend the sheer fuckwittery and lack of any intelligence from the supplier selecting this location.

Alpena County Central Dispatch: There is an extreme ice emergency. If there is a down line in your yard that is not actively on fire or arcing stay away and contact your power company. Only call 911 if there is flames/arcing/smoke etc. Source: 202100,MI Alpena County Central Dispatch

Power Line (2025)
Photo Dietmar Bachmann

What does a power line mean to you? What do you think or feel when you see one? What if there were no power lines? Tell me your honest thoughts in the comments.

Electricity in the news.

"The double-circuit line will stretch from Minnesota Power’s Iron Range Substation in Itasca County to Great River Energy’s substations in Benton and Sherburne counties. …

"Minnesota Power and Great River Energy said in a news release Thursday that costs are expected to exceed $1 billion."
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/regulators-ok-permits-for-minnesota-power-great-river-energy-transmission-line

#USpolitics #GreenerFuture #Grid #PowerLines

WTF. You're NOT READY.
Stop blaming the Dems or MAGA or whatever. Make it happen.
Or do you want to collaps as a nation? Die from heat stroke, forest fire, tornado's or
starvation [No Food]
Start working for the common goal: survival !

"Why the US isn't ready for clean energy" [6:50 min]
by Vox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ScJ_FwaZk

Quote by Vox:
"Sep 21, 2021
Making clean energy isn’t enough: We also have to move it.
In the near future, the energy made in the US is going to be much greener. The country’s current goal is for solar plants alone to make nearly half of US electricity by 2050. But we can’t just build solar plants where coal and gas plants used to be. They have to be built where it's… sunny. And wind turbines have to be built where it’s windy. The problem is, that’s not always where the people who need the power are.
The distance from energy source to energy need is about to get a lot bigger. And the US is going to need more high-voltage transmission lines. A lot more. As soon as possible. While solar plants can be built relatively fast, high-voltage transmission projects can take up to 10 years. So experts say we need to start proactively building them, right now."

#USbeware
#CapitalismIsFailingYou
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown

The Challenges Of Charging Drones From Power Lines - Drones that charge right on the power lines they inspect is a promising concept, b... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/01/the-challenges-of-charging-drones-from-power-lines/ #autonomousdrone #dronehacks #inspection #powerlines

Prey (2021) [3 min] by Joshua Ralph | #Canada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdi8XhCiM_I