The reason why it is somewhat safe for the bird on the line is because they aren't touching the ground. But they are touching the energized line. There is plenty of radiation up there next to those lines so don't think there is no harm to them. We almost lost the American bald eagle because of high power lines.
The reason men connecting to the ground is healthy is because there is no energized line, no potential, there is only ground.
Electrons flow from negative.
Flesh conducts electricity remarkably well. We can even become extensions for our antennas, so why would becoming an extension to the ground be unfathomable?
Rubber tires and shoes stop a lot of grounding for us. This is safe in the mechanized world, but less than ideal for our bodies in general.
James, you have several rather disconnected statements here along with errors.
You aren't telling us the eagles died because of radiation up next to the lines are you? Otherwise, why did you say that right there?
And the "radiation", you understand it is electromagnetic and not nuclear, right?
What causes the "potential" in us?
I love walking on the sand on a beach but I don't get the same effect as when I stand on bedrock barefoot; That is when I get grounded the best. Being in Arizona and climbing Flatiron Mtn. in the morning with dew on the rocks in bare feet I got such a sense of grounding I felt electric.
Bedrock conducts electricity well? Seems like when I was little, I stood on a rock to touch an electric fence so I wouldn't get shocked. Am I mistaken?
I was looking for the report. Power Lines were built in the 60's and 70's that were causing major disruptions in the eagle halchling/ mature rates because of EMF Radiation. The power lines were the perfect place to build a 200 lb nest except for one thing, the Electromagnetic Field Radiation destroys the eggs.
This was during the same time that DDT was also destroying the future of the bird. We almost lost the whole species.
The radiation isn't the only reason the birds die...
The Problem
Millions of birds, including Bald and Golden Eagles, owls, and hawks are thought to die each year as a result of power line interactions. Some birds die as a result of direct collisions with the lines, which can be virtually invisible, particularly in poor weather, while the large wingspan of other birds can bridge the gap between two lines or a line and a pole, resulting in deadly electrocutions. The recent increase in wind farm construction is leading to a new network of high transmission lines, some of which are being routed through key bird habitat and migration corridors. Potential threats to the endangered Whooping Crane are of particular growing concern.
http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/collisions/powerlines.htmlThere are significant studies being done to show if EMF causes Leukemia in children from living too close to the poles so what if you lived on them like the eagles did until they started fixing them?
Loamy soil with ground water near the surface conducts electricity better than any other environment, perfect for anchoring lightning rods, so grass on it's surface is the perfect place to be grounded; but when the bedrock at Mt flatiron is covered in dew in the morning there is something awesome about the grounding effect, and I personally like it more than on sand. And like I said this is subjective to my perception.
Different substrata equals a different grounding effect. Different rock, different grounding effect.
Sand (silica) seems to insulate the stimulus effect of grounding to me, all the way to the point of being in the water.
Different types of water (salt/ fresh) = different effect.
being on dry bedrock has the exact opposite effect. Bedrock is one of the worst places to try to ground electricity, depending on the rock, but when it is wet it changes it's grounding properties and it seems to be a reflector of charge like the ceramic of a spark plug.