Here are the numbers for the non-retards. CRUX OF THE RETARDATION: THICC cables are not something you can magically produce more of "cheaply". Cables are basically raw materials that have a cost tied directly to their energy. Look at his reply below to the term "embodied" energy.
If you want to live in a better world, people like OP need to be vociferously and derisively SHAMED for their nonsense.
Interesting. And how long do these modern cables last for? What are the upkeep costs? Insurance? And how much value do they add? Of course these bits get left out and of course your data would come from a twitter bro lol. Glad I left that burning valley at my back. If you read my original post, you'd know there was a reason I started off by mentioning the first transatlantic cableβ€”which was completed nearly 170 years ago. Cable laying ships, routes, and cables themselves have advanced quite a bit, nearly perfected. Imagine an idiot telling you in 1858 that telegraph cables were a scam, or in 1992 that internet cables would never get laid across oceans because trust me bro, they're too costly. How has that worked out? Now we're supposed to believe grid interconnectors are a scam because trust me bro, they don't work. Please see the numerous examples and links from my post of either completed projects, projects being built, or projects in planning. I left out at least a dozen more. There seems to be a difference between what I hear on twitter, and what I see in the real world. Going to trust my eyes, the data, and follow the money on this one.
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A fixed ceramic insulator used with 14kVdc even at very low amps needs to be replaced every 10 years. So I suspect peak fiat incentives are at play here.
Would be better to spend on research on how to send power though the ionosphere.
HIGH VOLTAGE CREATES CHAOS! The magnetic field changes the crystal structure of the insulator over time. These cable experiments will be good for mining it will probably create lots of randomly stranded energy.
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Ceramic insulators are quite cheap to replace, but they've been slowly getting phased-out by polyethylene insulators since 2007 or so. And the new design pattern of cables and powerlines isn't overland but underground and underwater. The most expensive part of overland powerlines are the legal fights to build them. And in recent times the liability of forest fires and injury as well.
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Are you saying they are using plastic on overhead high voltage powerlines now? If this is true you are breaking my world view?πŸ€ͺ Seems like fiat regression in engineering..for me, high voltage = oxidation... oxidation + plastic = yes, break down
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fuck off, scammer
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