Fears of a blot on the landscape ‘four times taller than Skegness Clock Tower’ have resulted in town councillors joining a campaign to stop electricity pylons being installed across Lincolnshire.
Instead of an Eiffel-Tower-style lattice A-frame ... The electricity cables on pylons are uninsulated, so there is a very high risk of electric shocks. But birds are not electrocuted, because ...
Insulators are often made of glass or ceramic, and protect pylons from the current on the power line to prevent the tower becoming live. They produce electric fields when in operation which have ...