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Dunno. A fancy tape or such made out of lead compounds would be a hard sell in comparison to ordinary copper for household wiring. But yes, for serious uses, t
by amluto 3y ago
Dunno. A fancy tape or such made out of lead compounds would be a hard sell in comparison to ordinary copper for household wiring.
But yes, for serious uses, this will be a big deal if it works out and can be made into a flexible cable. And I’m sure people will work on a less-toxic version.
- slashdev 3y agoLosses to resistance inside your home don’t matter much. In your computer they do, but it’s not clear this helps with that. This would enable really long distance electrical transmission, which solves the whole intermittency issue with solar energy.
- nradov 3y agoLong distance electrical transmission will still require huge capital investments and lots of maintenance even if transmission losses are eliminated. And as a practical matter, strategic political concerns will take precedence. In the current political climate it's hard to imagine connecting our grid to potentially hostile nation states which might cut off power supplies to apply pressure during a crisis.
- idiotsecant 3y agoIf we can't handle / get motivation for long-line HVDC transmission I guarantee you we aren't going to be able to put together the will to make an entire transmission system out of a novel material with unknown mechanical constraints. Long distance transmission is not a solved problem, but it's close. We have the technological capability now to make much, much better transmission systems. We just don't want to.
- CamperBob2 3y agoI think we'd get over the whole RoHS thing, if room-temperature superconductivity is part of the deal.