[Strawbale] re. metal vs. plastic mesh / electric field issues

[Mark Frazier]

Hmm... I heard a similar story from my physics prof in college (early  
80s), however
in his version, it was the "damn hippies" that used to do that to  
steal power in
the 60s at their communes. (From the way he used that phrase several  
times, we figured
he'd had his heart broken at one of those communes). :-)

On Jul 10, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Chris Green wrote:

> SArjuna at aol.com wrote:
>> (By the way, I heard about someone who did "harvest" current, and the
>> utility sued them for theft.   I am sorry I don't remember the  
>> whole story now.
>>
> The story I read about this, in a newspaper more than 30 years ago,
> explained that a power company--Ontario Hydro--had run some power  
> lines
> across a farmer's property. He built something equivalent to a large
> guitar pickup and erected this near to, but not touching, the
> transmission lines, and used the electricity induced in the pickup.
> He was sued, but I don't recall the outcome of the case.
>
> Chris Green.
>
>
>
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