If only there was a giant cable it was tethered to that could also carry electricity.
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tleb@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Does it have batteries on board? How does it connect the power to the grid? O_o
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
It’s obviously attached with wires. It can’t just float around and generate energy.
tleb@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
You say obviously but I don’t see how tethering a loose object with 5000ft of live wire is “obviously” safe
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
Our houses has loads of live wires, we know how to do it safely nowadays.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
We’re surrounded by live wire all the time. They’re insulated, it’s fine.
meco03211@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Oh. That makes it better.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Through a HV cable run to the ground, along with the cable to anchor it.
MBech@feddit.dk 13 hours ago
I read an article about it a while ago, and that said it’d be tethered to the ground, and power would be transfered through the tether.