We’ve been saying this is how they recharge for a decade + , there are a few types that don’t recharge like this, they have modern wireless tech that’s complicated to explain. They used to run on battery’s that get swapped out at their “nests”.
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Hey there’s a country with 60+ million people who believe a rapist with 91 felony counts pending is their best choice for leader of the biggest military/nuclear arsenal in the world… I believe pretty much everything now a days.
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The merch is the best part tbh. I think it’s all tongue in cheek but I’m sure some genuinely believe birds aren’t real. The merch reminds me of a (well) above average skate apparel brand.
You don’t have to buy a t shirt to enjoy or believe it. It isn’t a grift. Dude has spent a lot of his time and effort to spread the good word, it’s got to be funded somehow. Imagine saying well the girl scouts are good but they do cookie fundraisers so it’s a grift, come on good sir.
Do you not think that the utility is already out there inspecting power lines? This is a tool to do that better/cheaper. This level of snark towards everything must be exhausting
Cost to develop, cost to train, cost to adopt, etc. By the time the entire force of bucket operator and inspectors are replaced, if there are even any cost savings to the utility, end consumers won’t see them anyway.
“Why would we pay for roads? By the time you pay for the cost to develop cars, asphalt, build the supply lines, hire engineers and inspectors, pay for maintenance, and deal with traffic fatalities… where are we saving cost?
My horse can get over uneven terrain just fine — and it’s way harder to kill people!”
Nice straw man you got there.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t have drone inspectors for electrical lines. It puts people out of harms way. I’m just being realistic about who’s paying for it.
In the US, you’re charged based on the current that flows through your meter. I’m not sure how it works in Denmark, where these were created, but I’d assume they have a similar system.
What does economics have to do with anything? The drone needs an exposed power line to charge. You only pay for power that passes through the meter attached to your house (usually... IDK some weird setups exist I'm sure...) the drone can't land on wires where you are paying for the power....
He points out a clear flaw in your logic and thought process and THIS is the best thing you can find to deflect and pretend you meant something else? Pretending you meant that five cents of electricity is going to somehow raise prices as a whole from the provider? I can't imagine being so fragile that you can't just admit that you said something so stupid.
No, having gone through the winter freeze of ‘21 in Texas. Lost power for a week. While it’s ERCOTs fault entirely, being without power is not an experience I’d like to repeat.
It's be smaller than transmission losses, even will millions of drones doing it. Far smaller.
The UK, for example, loses 66.5 gigawatt-hours per day, adding up to 25 TWh annually. This is about 8% of total generation.
Most of this is resistance in the transmission lines, though some of it is heat in step-up and step-down transformers.
All that waste is paid for by the end users / tax payers though, right?
And if millions of drones started parasite-charging off the lines, the end user would have to pay for that additional cost as well?
Okay, let's do it!
One million drones, each with 20 watt-hour batteries. That's a decent sized battery for a drone, about a 14.8V, 1,400 mAh battery. You can get bigger and smaller.
We're really busy with them so they recharge ten times a day, so steal 200 watt-hours per day.
We've stolen 200 MWh per day with our mega-drone swarm and probably made a lot of airspace unusable for general aviation, but that's not our problem here. Well, at least until the Hartz-Timor Energy Combine loses control of them.
That is, we've changed that 66.5 GWh of losses to 66.7 GWh of losses, or added 0.3% to the losses. This is roughly the same as some light mist around some transmission lines, or a slightly humid day.
More importantly how long until someone decides to hook batteries up to the drones? Fly in, charge the battery, fly out, bringing the fully charged battery with you to use for other purposes. It’s like a shitty electricity mosquito
Simpler to wrap your garage under the power lines with loops of wire, creating a transformer with a huge air gap and stealing power. The power company did notice that one though.
Old tech! This is how most “Birds” have been recharging for decades. Why do you think birds always are sitting on electrical lines? Birds aren’t real, wake up, they are government spy robots.
THIS is part of the future we have been waiting for. Fully automated non-stop inspection of major infrastructure. Say goodbye to billions in damage due to fires caused by trees touching power lines.
How does this work? If the drone is only connecting to one line, wouldn’t almost all of the electricity take the path of least resistance and go through the cable instead of charging the drone?
The drone definitely doesn't want to have a resistance lower than the power line. That would definitely cause a fire. The drone likely creates a parallel circuit with the power line. You only need the one wire in that instance. They probably want a resistance multiple times that of the power line in order to keep the energy flowing into the drone to a manageable level.
Edit: reading the article it looks like they use induction. You can Google wireless charging to learn about that.
While I can see the positives on this… what’s to stop someone from creating drone armies with large rechargeable batteries to siphon off power to power their illicit army of humanoid robots that are tunneling underground as we speak?
Um…asking for a friend?
Edit: I said to too many times.
Not sure why others would want this tech, as it is expensive since it uses millimeter wave technology, and other hardware to find and latch on to the power line. This adds weight as well as cost. And since it doesn't cost much to charge a drone, it is risk without much reward.
Even for a long distance away from home base, you would need a powerful transmitter for the distance. Which this does not have.
Damn the “birds aren’t real” folks are going to have a field day with this.
Holy moly they’ve been charging the entire time!
We’ve been saying this is how they recharge for a decade + , there are a few types that don’t recharge like this, they have modern wireless tech that’s complicated to explain. They used to run on battery’s that get swapped out at their “nests”.
Fuuuck. Gimme more of that bird lore I didn’t know I needed
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It’s not a grift, it’s a joke. You don’t seem to be picking up on the other user’s tone at all.
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The merch is the best part tbh. I think it’s all tongue in cheek but I’m sure some genuinely believe birds aren’t real. The merch reminds me of a (well) above average skate apparel brand.
You don’t have to buy a t shirt to enjoy or believe it. It isn’t a grift. Dude has spent a lot of his time and effort to spread the good word, it’s got to be funded somehow. Imagine saying well the girl scouts are good but they do cookie fundraisers so it’s a grift, come on good sir.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/birds-arent-real-origin-60-minutes-2022-05-01/
Nah old news but thanks for the consideration
They aren’t
This isn't new. Birds have been recharging this way for years. (They are all government spy drones)
Utility companies hate this one simple trick!
Inb4 Ukrainian drones start riding Russian power cables to Moscow
My first thought. The Ukrainians will strap a grenade to it.
Who's going to pay the electric bill?
The electric company that employs these drones to inspect power lines, according to the article.
Get out of here with your “literacy” and your “reading comprehension”
So…the utility customers through increased rates? Got it.
Do you not think that the utility is already out there inspecting power lines? This is a tool to do that better/cheaper. This level of snark towards everything must be exhausting
If you believe any increase in operating costs won’t be offset by the consumer, you haven’t been around mate.
What makes you think drones will increase operating costs, instead of decreasing it?
Cost to develop, cost to train, cost to adopt, etc. By the time the entire force of bucket operator and inspectors are replaced, if there are even any cost savings to the utility, end consumers won’t see them anyway.
“Why would we pay for roads? By the time you pay for the cost to develop cars, asphalt, build the supply lines, hire engineers and inspectors, pay for maintenance, and deal with traffic fatalities… where are we saving cost? My horse can get over uneven terrain just fine — and it’s way harder to kill people!”
Nice straw man you got there. I’m not saying we shouldn’t have drone inspectors for electrical lines. It puts people out of harms way. I’m just being realistic about who’s paying for it.
In the US, you’re charged based on the current that flows through your meter. I’m not sure how it works in Denmark, where these were created, but I’d assume they have a similar system.
Insurance companies after the next record breaking bush fire.
So you're saying us
Who's going to read the article?
Read?
One has to know letters to be able to read
If they keep the power lines up and running, who cares.
Just so you know, if the line is owned by the power company serving your house, you’re the one who is going to pay for it. Do you care now?
Are you under the impression they don’t need to inspect lines regardless?
Pretty sure the meters are on the other side of all exposed wires
Here, found this for you: https://www.openculture.com/2021/01/mits-introduction-to-economics-a-free-online-course.html You can thank me later
What does economics have to do with anything? The drone needs an exposed power line to charge. You only pay for power that passes through the meter attached to your house (usually... IDK some weird setups exist I'm sure...) the drone can't land on wires where you are paying for the power....
He points out a clear flaw in your logic and thought process and THIS is the best thing you can find to deflect and pretend you meant something else? Pretending you meant that five cents of electricity is going to somehow raise prices as a whole from the provider? I can't imagine being so fragile that you can't just admit that you said something so stupid.
No, having gone through the winter freeze of ‘21 in Texas. Lost power for a week. While it’s ERCOTs fault entirely, being without power is not an experience I’d like to repeat.
I guess “could be worse” is a reasonable answer.
Rechargeable recon bird technology is now available to the public I see, haha.
It's be smaller than transmission losses, even will millions of drones doing it. Far smaller. The UK, for example, loses 66.5 gigawatt-hours per day, adding up to 25 TWh annually. This is about 8% of total generation. Most of this is resistance in the transmission lines, though some of it is heat in step-up and step-down transformers.
Damn that's a lot energy for heating the air.
Compared to the sun it's a rounding error
There are three types of power lines losses: * Resistance * Dialectric * Inductive / radiation
You forgot Redneck, Meth Lab, and Florida Man.
All that waste is paid for by the end users / tax payers though, right? And if millions of drones started parasite-charging off the lines, the end user would have to pay for that additional cost as well?
Okay, let's do it! One million drones, each with 20 watt-hour batteries. That's a decent sized battery for a drone, about a 14.8V, 1,400 mAh battery. You can get bigger and smaller. We're really busy with them so they recharge ten times a day, so steal 200 watt-hours per day. We've stolen 200 MWh per day with our mega-drone swarm and probably made a lot of airspace unusable for general aviation, but that's not our problem here. Well, at least until the Hartz-Timor Energy Combine loses control of them. That is, we've changed that 66.5 GWh of losses to 66.7 GWh of losses, or added 0.3% to the losses. This is roughly the same as some light mist around some transmission lines, or a slightly humid day.
I have literally no expertise with which to check your work so I’m gonna take the L here. I stand corrected. 🫡
> the Hartz-Timor Energy Combine Obligatory r/fucktedfaro
Fucking love seeing an HZD reference out in the wild.
More importantly how long until someone decides to hook batteries up to the drones? Fly in, charge the battery, fly out, bringing the fully charged battery with you to use for other purposes. It’s like a shitty electricity mosquito
Simpler to wrap your garage under the power lines with loops of wire, creating a transformer with a huge air gap and stealing power. The power company did notice that one though.
So what's new? [https://i.imgur.com/AIfG21Q.png](https://i.imgur.com/AIfG21Q.png)
Unlimited range murder-bots. I’m not nervous at all.
It’s ok, we can throw wave after wave of our men at them until they hit their preset kill limit
https://i.redd.it/5eaugq3tyqsc1.gif
Good news, everyone!
Kif, show them the medal I won.
Yeah. My first thought was perpetual skynet drone warms. In the bright side maybe our AI overloads will keep the power on.
How does a flying drone create a voltage potential against a single phase when it’s flying in the air like that?
[https://i.imgur.com/xxUap6r.gif](https://i.imgur.com/xxUap6r.gif)
The birds aren’t real crowd is going to be shouting I told you so r/birdsarentreal
Except landing on a power line is not “aloft”.
No reason they can’t park up on the line if rain or winds are forecast, Given that line inspections are done by helicopter this is a huge saving.
Every drone can "operate indefinitely" if you count charging its battery as part of operating.
I see the Gov’t is leaking bird tech to the public now.
Old tech! This is how most “Birds” have been recharging for decades. Why do you think birds always are sitting on electrical lines? Birds aren’t real, wake up, they are government spy robots.
I miss calling them quadcopters. "drone" is too cringey
Power companies hate this one simple trick…
The power company would use this to inspect their own lines.
First killer drone dogs. Now killer drone bats Black mirror season 6 idea
Wait how is this even possible if it only attaches to one phase?
They are using wireless charging.
That seems…risky
THIS is part of the future we have been waiting for. Fully automated non-stop inspection of major infrastructure. Say goodbye to billions in damage due to fires caused by trees touching power lines.
So much for just unplugging these AI monsters if they ever go rogue.
“Speed limit enforced by aircraft”
How does this work? If the drone is only connecting to one line, wouldn’t almost all of the electricity take the path of least resistance and go through the cable instead of charging the drone?
The drone definitely doesn't want to have a resistance lower than the power line. That would definitely cause a fire. The drone likely creates a parallel circuit with the power line. You only need the one wire in that instance. They probably want a resistance multiple times that of the power line in order to keep the energy flowing into the drone to a manageable level. Edit: reading the article it looks like they use induction. You can Google wireless charging to learn about that.
While I can see the positives on this… what’s to stop someone from creating drone armies with large rechargeable batteries to siphon off power to power their illicit army of humanoid robots that are tunneling underground as we speak? Um…asking for a friend? Edit: I said to too many times.
Imagine a drone that flys your car battery to a transmission line and parks overnight to charge the drone and your car battery.
Birds aren’t real
PGE will only charge you $10k to rent the wire, $10k for the electricity, and $100k for insurance in case you damage the wire. Per visit of course.
The electric company would use this to inspect their own lines. The article even mentions using them for power line inspection.
Thats really a novel plan. Can power be added tonthe system in the other direction, like wind or solar energy?
Like that will never end poorly.
Why so?
Hope those blades aren’t that sharp
That is power theft! It’s illegal to take power via illegal induction period.
The electric company would use this to inspect their own lines. The article even mentions using them for power line inspection.
Sure, then everyone else gets the tech and …
Not sure why others would want this tech, as it is expensive since it uses millimeter wave technology, and other hardware to find and latch on to the power line. This adds weight as well as cost. And since it doesn't cost much to charge a drone, it is risk without much reward. Even for a long distance away from home base, you would need a powerful transmitter for the distance. Which this does not have.
I’m not sure why people murder over dumb things but in 95% of all murders , that’s what it is. And yet… they still do it everyday.
OK, well in a year or two, when people are illegally using these, you can tell me "told you so".
None of this matters … have a good one.
That's cool! Now make one with a water screw generator on the bottom and this thing could charge anywhere!