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House nesting sites for endangered birds on
top of high voltage pylons. The birds will be
perfectly safe and happy. Metal ladders
could
be left lying nearby to entice prospective
egg
hunters.
Avian Collision and Electrocution
http://www.energy.c...n_bibliography.html
[ldischler, Aug 25 2006]
265,000 volt nesting box
http://web.mac.com/...0nesting%20box.html
illustration of (with accidentally reduced voltage) [xenzag, Aug 25 2006]
Polish Pylons
http://news.bbc.co....ci/tech/3064985.stm
Proof that birds love to nest in pylons [xenzag, Sep 29 2006, last modified Jan 11 2008]
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Birds nest on high tension towers as it is, so the idea consists of putting up a bird house? |
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yep - but only for birds - you won't like it
up there, unless you fancy becoming an
allotrope of carbon |
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Is there something significant about 765,000 volts as opposed to any other large number? |
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Nope - any massive voltage will do, but
must be into 6 figures. |
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Ah, I see. But isn't it the amps that kill you, not the voltage? |
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You could be right, but I never argue with
high tension cables. |
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I don't really want to churn this up, but it
always annoyed me that it got boned for
being a bad idea, when I care a lot for the
welfare of all animals. So here is some
evidence
that birds do in fact love to nest in pylons
- see link |
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