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Cables are expensive and dangerous. Why have them at all?
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  Batteries are also expensive, and how are cables dangerous? We use them for trams without issue.
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    People die from touching cables quite regularly.
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      I have literally never heard of it, and considering how ravenous media is for engagement that makes me rather dubious of that claim.
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        https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/uphrj2/person_get_shocked_and_burn_by_touching_power/
        
        https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2010/03/05/14072-272/
        
        https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-10-11/parents-of-boy-11-electrocuted-by-overhead-power-cables-warn-of-dangers
        
        Electricity is not a joke, my mate. It is always better to reduce the amount of high voltage (anything above 24V) overhead wiring.

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