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Or go long—such a breakthrough would radically increase demand for energy.
by abtinf 3y ago
Or go long—such a breakthrough would radically increase demand for energy.
- nine_k 3y agoDepending on the expense of making the new material, it may become actually feasible to build solar panels across Sahara and feed both Africa and Europe with the electricity generated, because transmission will become lossless and physically compact.
- WanderPanda 3y agoGeopolitically infeasible, look at the mayhem caused by nord stream alone
- nine_k 3y agoMaybe it could be a stabilizing factor, because the many interests involved would be mostly aligned. However unstable Middle East is, most of the time no oil well is on fire, or in a war zone.
- WanderPanda 3y agoIt is not about the steady state being unstable on its own, it is about how easily it can be brought out of equilibrium with a very small force (of a hand full of people). An inherent flaw in the centralized nature of such a system
- nine_k 3y agoHow easily Saudi oil industry could be brought out of its equilibrium? How easy was it to do that for Kuwaiti oil industry, and how long did it last? When enough interests are aligned, equilibria stay pretty steady, exactly because there are several powerful interests.
- intrasight 3y agoIt wouldn't be centralized
- brutusborn 3y agoYou can already do that with long distance DC. The problems aren’t technical.