@farbenstau @aeva @kegill There was a company trying...

There was a company trying to sell hemp sleepers. Negative co2. Income for farmers, kept rail cooler, put a wireless mesh sensor in it so condition could be monitored remotely.

https://thewest.com.au/business/agriculture/perth-start-up-hemp-railway-international-develops-world-first-ballastless-sleeper-ng-b88677609z

Like 22 January at 10:46 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.au

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Stefan Baur 6 * 💉

@SuperMoosie @aeva @kegill
Looks like the sleepers are not made from hemp, but from steel. The track ballast is replaced with hemp, though.

Oh dear. We already have issues with criminals stealing the wiring that's running parallel to the tracks, due to the copper. Now add hemp to the equation ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeYsTmIzjkw

22 January at 11:26 | Open on infosec.exchange

Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦

@farbenstau

Hemp is not hallucinogenic

22 January at 15:41 | Open on mastodon.social

Stefan Baur 6 * 💉 replied to Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦

@kegill That's what you and I know, but some pothead might not … we've had copper thieves rip out glass fiber because they couldn't tell the difference …

22 January at 15:44 | Open on infosec.exchange

Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦 replied to Stefan Baur 6 * 💉

@farbenstau

OMG.

22 January at 15:47 | Open on mastodon.social

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