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0.55 volts. Would this be enough to use for electricity generation (visualising some large, multi-thousand-kilometer cable pole-to-Europe/Canada, for example?)
by vintagedave 2y ago
0.55 volts. Would this be enough to use for electricity generation (visualising some large, multi-thousand-kilometer cable pole-to-Europe/Canada, for example?) What is the amperage, what could this reasonably be used for?
- zeroping 2y agoWe might need some superconductors to make use of a voltage that low across distances that great. But we have been making progress on higher-temperature superconductors.... Still, don't hold your breath. We have this awesome geothermal temperature gradient, with hot rocks underneath us if we just dig down a few kilometers, occasionally less. Unfortunately, it's only cost effective to use in a rare few places.