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Started by MMIX, April 10, 2015, 07:04:15 PM

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MMIX

Not new tech, not even news really [2011] just a new slant on an old problem - the butt ugliness of electricity pylons. This is a pretty cool solution. Nice one Choi Shine.

http://www.choishine.com/port_projects/landsnet/landsnet.html
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Reginald Ret

Wow.
I already had a crush on Iceland but it just got bigger.

This is beautiful, more large projects should be approached like this.
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Quote from: Reginald Ret on April 11, 2015, 05:55:57 PM
Wow.
I already had a crush on Iceland but it just got bigger.

This is beautiful, more large projects should be approached like this.
You are so right

also yesterday the winners of a contest to find a new design for UK pylons were announced
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2011/sep/14/shortlist-designs-electricity-pylons-in-pictures
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Reginald Ret

Some of those are bizarre! I would love to see a different kind of weird pylon in every country.
Lord Byron: "Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."

Nigel saying the wisest words ever uttered: "It's just a suffix."

"The worst forum ever" "The most mediocre forum on the internet" "The dumbest forum on the internet" "The most retarded forum on the internet" "The lamest forum on the internet" "The coolest forum on the internet"

MMIX

Quote from: Reginald Ret on April 12, 2015, 06:54:47 PM
Some of those are bizarre! I would love to see a different kind of weird pylon in every country.

Right on!
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http://wowair.us/magazine/blog/trees-in-iceland
POSSIBLE DANGEROUS CRIMINAL SYNDICATE OF TREES IN ICELAND.

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Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on July 20, 2015, 03:53:26 PM
Quote from: Chaos_Zebra on July 20, 2015, 02:56:15 PM
http://wowair.us/magazine/blog/trees-in-iceland
POSSIBLE DANGEROUS CRIMINAL SYNDICATE OF TREES IN ICELAND.

EVEN UP TO FIVE METERS. WOW!

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POSSIBLE DANGEROUS CRIMINAL SYNDICATES OF ROCKS BENEATH THE TREES.
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