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[–] sramder 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They did say it was a nine-figure electric pole… premium German engineering ;-)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They used the word "pylon" in the article, which I assumed (only) meant it was wooden. Turns out I was wrong, but now I'm struggling to imagine how one can light this

on fire.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] sramder 4 points 11 months ago

That would avoid the use of fossil fuels :-)

[–] sramder 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah… I guess people have tossed chains on other high voltage installations to cause self-destruction. We might be talking ”burned” a bit to literally?