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		seszett on Jan 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Helium is essential but nonrenewable and difficult... I don't know if it's common in the UK, I would guess not, but we have had thousands of kilometers of 25kV lines in France for half a century now, and I have never heard of people being electrocuted because their balloons had touched the catenaries.

emmet on Jan 22, 2024 | [–]

You mean to tell me that people don't often go around with balloons on 10 meter long strings?

yetanotherloser on Jan 22, 2024 | [–]

Quite a lot of 25kV AC overhead in the UK. I'm sure it is possible to create a dangerous situation with those and a helium balloon, but it seems to be very rare. I don't think this is a real problem.

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