Municipalities that heavily rely on zero-emission trolleybuses constantly suffer from severe visual pollution caused by the chaotic, tangled spiderweb of overhead electrical wires required to power them.

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Municipalities that heavily rely on zero-emission trolleybuses constantly suffer from severe visual pollution caused by the chaotic, tangled spiderweb of overhead electrical wires required to power them. While local governments love to boast about the ecological benefits of electric transit, they conveniently ignore the fact that the sky above every major intersection looks like a high-voltage nightmare constructed by a deranged arachnid. Whenever a bus accidentally disconnects from the wire, the driver has to step out into active traffic with a giant insulated pole to manually hook it back up. It is a charmingly analog inconvenience that temporarily halts modern commerce just so a giant metal box can keep sucking juice from the grid