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> It consumes a lot of power to transmit over long distances. No, it doesn't. This is plain wrong. Power loss for a 1000 km HVDC line is 3.5% [0], which is t
by rstuart4133 1y ago
> It consumes a lot of power to transmit over long distances.
No, it doesn't. This is plain wrong. Power loss for a 1000 km HVDC line is 3.5% [0], which is the same order of magnitude as battery losses.
If you had of said it cost a lot of money to transmit over long distances, then fine.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#:~:text=Depending%20on%20voltage%20level%20and,lines%20at%20the%20same%20voltage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#:~...