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3% but keep in mind they can only push so much current through those wires before they start losing energy to heat, regardless of the voltage. The same cable d
by declan_roberts 3y ago
3% but keep in mind they can only push so much current through those wires before they start losing energy to heat, regardless of the voltage.
The same cable diameter can now power an entire state.
- roywiggins 3y agoSuperconductors have a critical field, you can't pump unlimited amounts of current through a superconductor. (I think there were some comments going around that this material has quite a low critical field, so there would have to be some substantial improvements on this even if it is superconducting) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_field
- AlexandrB 3y agoI remember going down the rabbit hole on superconductors a few years ago and finding out that they were limited by a critical field. It was both reassuring and disappointing and largely for the same reason - there's no truly "free lunch" in nature.
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