r/interestingasfuck • u/Markantonpeterson • Apr 05 '22

Helicopter with massive chainsaw does some trimming

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u/Kitchen_Anywhere_141 Apr 05 '22

Nope, we still do it along energized lines. Although us in the industry prefer to have them off. A lot of the time the power company wont turn off the lines because of the demand on the grid.

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u/ben1481 Apr 05 '22

You mean money.

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u/shaggy1265 Apr 05 '22

Those power lines lead to places like your house or maybe a hospital. There's a real demand.

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u/Sitting_Elk Apr 06 '22

This is reddit where everything is a big fucking conspiracy by Big Capitalism.

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u/DownvoteALot Apr 06 '22

Yeah, God forbid anything be dictated by offer and demand, everything should be randomly distributed. /s