Room-temperature superconductors will change a lot of rules.

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Tom Brosz — 2/6/2006 6:09:05 PM (archived)

One of the most important one being having to build a power plant within a reasonable distance of the end users. And imagine being able to add a big chunk of our current transmission losses back into our net power production.

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A possible interim solution to the American energy crisis? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/4/2006 9:34:16 PM
- Let's burn water! - nick hoffman - 2/5/2006 12:50:24 AM
  - Let's develop warm-temperature superconducting electric-motors. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/5/2006 10:33:56 PM
    - temperature is not the only variable, current capacity, magnetic field interaction, failure conductivity... (n/t) - Sawyer - 2/6/2006 7:04:59 PM
    - Oh!....And where are the billions of dollars in 'research' money for it? - Jacob Samorodin - 2/5/2006 10:42:39 PM
      - It's only worth throwing money at things that are likely to work out. - nick hoffman - 2/6/2006 7:48:37 AM
        
        Room-temperature superconductors will change a lot of rules. - Tom Brosz - 2/6/2006 6:09:05 PM

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