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Losses 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 dista
by slashdev 3y ago
Losses 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.