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I couldn't tell the resistance difference compared to AC transmission. > ...also fan out and meet resistance and lose power in transmission. Didn't know that

by _8j50 4y ago

I couldn't tell the resistance difference compared to AC transmission. > ...also fan out and meet resistance and lose power in transmission. Didn't know that either but magic beams also don't need cables and poles, or at least would require less infra

defrost 4y ago
It's significant and a good excercise to keep looking until you find it. Reduced losses is why HVDC is greatly preferred over AC transmission. Research in general is good exercise, I see you've already learnt that copper cables aren't used for AC transmission at scale. As for beamed power, if you compare the ~ 100 year history of industrial scale HVDC distribution to the (?) history of similarly scaled beamed power .. uhhh, well, that's telling. Has promise, needs more work?