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1 meter of 1mm diameter wire with 1 million amperes amounts to 750kJ, or ~180g of TNT. A superconductor blowing up across the length and distributing the energ
by jojobas 6y ago
1 meter of 1mm diameter wire with 1 million amperes amounts to 750kJ, or ~180g of TNT.
A superconductor blowing up across the length and distributing the energy doesn't seem as bad a whole transmission line's energy released at a point fault.
- Already__Taken 6y agothat also sounds like pretty ok risks for an under sea cable. though given one break you have to replace the entire cable might cancel it out.
- cma 6y agoYou could break it into sections connected by liquid nitrogen superconductors, or maybe extremely heavy gauge copper ones.