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Why not use superconducting cables? https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/182278-the-worlds-first-superconducting-power-line-paves-the-way-for-billions-of-dollar
by WJW 10y ago
Why not use superconducting cables?
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/182278-the-worlds-first-superconducting-power-line-paves-the-way-for-billions-of-dollars-in-savings https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/182278-the-worlds-first-...
- pjc50 10y agoBecause they're very expensive and require liquid nitrogen cooling? Which itself represents energy consumption, so instead of losing energy as resistive losses you're spending it on cooling. What's more likely is some form of energy-to-liquid-fuels process that runs during times and places of excess energy. The fuel can then be stored, pumped, trucked etc to other locations. This already exists, it's just not price-competitive with fossil fuels.
- XorNot 10y agoCooling benefits from insulation - the energy loss does not scale as an exponential factor, and levels off very dramatically (the deep sea is already very cold).
- rjvs 10y agoWe're trying to avoid the deep sea getting hot, remember?
- lighttower 10y agoWhat about electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen during the day?