re: #2 - the challenge with power systems and their locality to the population is the cost of Transmission System. The closer they are, the less real-estate yo

re: #2 - the challenge with power systems and their locality to the population is the cost of Transmission System. The closer they are, the less real-estate you have to dedicate to massive transmission towers, as well as less lost energy due to heat in the transmission lines. Placing the Isentropic center near a population center wouldn't give you any advantage there.