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ok but 3% when you're talking about MWs or GWs of power is still a lot of wasted energy.
by tills13 3y ago
ok but 3% when you're talking about MWs or GWs of power is still a lot of wasted energy.
- AlexandrB 3y agoWhether it's worth doing also depends on how much energy it would take to make thousands of miles of superconducting cable of similar capacity and how long such a cable would last.
- slashdev 3y agoNot as much as is wasted in generation and transforming, both of which would benefit from superconductors. The benefit might lie less in the wires and more in the equipment. Tough to say with a trans Atlantic cable though. Those kinds of distances have never been tried to my knowledge.