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>Some industrial processes require very high temperatures, for which electrical generation is ill suited. Seems like an engineering challenge to me not an actu
by easton_s 6y ago
>Some industrial processes require very high temperatures, for which electrical generation is ill suited.
Seems like an engineering challenge to me not an actual limitation.
- rocqua 6y agoIt seems like the iron powder described in the article might meet this engineering challenge.
- yetihehe 6y agoIt's simply due to cost. Heat is typically cheaper than electricity, but only because we use heat to generate electricity with some losses.
- jmelloy 6y agoAnd also because externalities aren't priced in, like carbon amounts.
- namibj 6y agoFor industrial-scale methane/coal burning, sequestering 90% or maybe even more of the CO2 is still a lot cheaper than using electricity. Don't get me wrong: it costs around 10% of the thermal load in electricity (technically, driveshaft power for turbomachinery).