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minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago… why not have as many cables as possible so you can simply minimize battery size? Trolleybuses are just more efficient battery buses.
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCables are expensive and dangerous. Why have them at all?
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBatteries are also expensive, and how are cables dangerous? We use them for trams without issue.
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoPeople die from touching cables quite regularly.
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI have literally never heard of it, and considering how ravenous media is for engagement that makes me rather dubious of that claim.
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/uphrj2/person_get_shocked_and_burn_by_touching_power/ https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2010/03/05/14072-272/ https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-10-11/parents-of-boy-11-electrocuted-by-overhead-power-cables-warn-of-dangers Electricity is not a joke, my mate. It is always better to reduce the amount of high voltage (anything above 24V) overhead wiring.
… why not have as many cables as possible so you can simply minimize battery size? Trolleybuses are just more efficient battery buses.
Cables are expensive and dangerous. Why have them at all?
Batteries are also expensive, and how are cables dangerous? We use them for trams without issue.
People die from touching cables quite regularly.
I have literally never heard of it, and considering how ravenous media is for engagement that makes me rather dubious of that claim.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/uphrj2/person_get_shocked_and_burn_by_touching_power/
https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2010/03/05/14072-272/
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-10-11/parents-of-boy-11-electrocuted-by-overhead-power-cables-warn-of-dangers
Electricity is not a joke, my mate. It is always better to reduce the amount of high voltage (anything above 24V) overhead wiring.