Sarpedon
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I used to think that resistance in power lines made it uneconomical to send large masses of electricity to a consumer distant from the generator. But now I am reading about a plan to take solar power from Tunisia, and send it to Britain, via Italy and France.
Has there been some sort of breakthrough? Or is it more like the Tunisian Electricity is going to Rome, the Roman powerplants are powering Turin, Turin powers Marseille, Marseille powers Paris, and Paris powers London? Just shifting the loads, in other words. A triumph of management, not technology.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29551063
Has there been some sort of breakthrough? Or is it more like the Tunisian Electricity is going to Rome, the Roman powerplants are powering Turin, Turin powers Marseille, Marseille powers Paris, and Paris powers London? Just shifting the loads, in other words. A triumph of management, not technology.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29551063