The biggest challenge isn't Geography. It's politicians who are more interested in making themselves temporarily wealthy than the health and welfare of future generations.

@willm5814

8 ай бұрын

So true - we need to keep bandits like Trump and his game out of power

@GudieveNing

8 ай бұрын

As someone who has met three young wannabe politicians, you are spot on. Selfish, greedy, fake people friendly career driven. Tend to become Tories or Champagne Socialists.

@edc1569

8 ай бұрын

I dunno, at the moment after all that investment wind is producing less than 1% of the UKs electricity.

@lindam.1502

8 ай бұрын

… 50% of Victoria’s power right now is wind

@PerdixDesignLtd

8 ай бұрын

​@@edc1569 Not according to published data. According to national grid it was 26.8% in 2022, with peaks over 70%, which is why facts are more important than opinion

Love that Fully Charged is taking on more complex topics and getting into the weeds about this stuff. Much more useful info than a review of yet another EV SUV.

@zen1647

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, would love it if they covered more stuff like this. Maybe V2G tech.

The production value on these videos is top notch. Storyboarding, scripting, presentation, graphics and multimedia..... Top class. Just the type of educational resources to change hearts and minds. Well done to the entire team involved. 👏

@clives4501

8 ай бұрын

Who funds it?

@alanhat5252

8 ай бұрын

@@clives4501 banana republics

@mylifeoliverking

8 ай бұрын

Yeah they are but I felt this one was lacking a little on the real issues relating to the smart grid development. Perhaps more detail is coming and this was just an introduction

Most people assume that locally generated power sources are superior because it's more efficient to use power locally. *Long-distance transmission is actually very efficient.* You only lose about 5%, so building out a large wind or solar farm in a great location usually ends up being far more efficient than trying to shoehorn power generation into a local spot. _(Side note: Even as an American I'd rather see the distances reported in km. We have 5k run events here but do not have any 3.10686 mile run events.)_

@timfallon8226

8 ай бұрын

Every place that adopts renewables sees the price of energy shoot up, just a fact.

@appliedengineering4001

8 ай бұрын

Have you ever said 5.28 kilofeet.

@DemPilafian

8 ай бұрын

@@appliedengineering4001 I prefer 10,936.132983 deciyards.

@kennixox262

7 ай бұрын

Even better yet, lets ditch the Imperial system and go metric.

It's quite a challenge to swap out the presenter of a channel with a new person. Imogen is knowledgeable, and produces great content. Go you!

@christill

8 ай бұрын

Have they not had a variety of presenters for a long time though? It was only in the early days when Robert was doing the whole thing.

@SWR112

8 ай бұрын

Who was replaced?

@christill

8 ай бұрын

@@SWR112 Robert is still presenting on the main channel. But I guess they moved the news show onto the second channel. I guess Imogen replaced Helen Czerski? I haven’t seen her for a while so I assume she’s left FC.

@ShmuelSpade

8 ай бұрын

@@christillHelen is still around and will be doing many sessions for fully charged live

@christill

8 ай бұрын

@@ShmuelSpade Ah cool. Any time you can have smart people involved, the better. And she supports cycling, so for me that’s important for the channel.

Another great video from Imogen and team.

(Another) Great presentation, Imogen! 🇨🇦

07:46 "The North American grid is split into three interconnected grids; East, West and Texas." Yes, we are all aware of how "special" Texas is. That should require no further explanation.

@Vazzini42

6 ай бұрын

Texans are fed up with the current power clusterfluff. Getting conserve warnings for multiple days in September along with the great freeze shut down has soured the flavor of that independent spirit.

Thanks for addressing the biggest problem in decarbonization - transmission.

Thank goodness for Canadians. They are refreshing in that they are not falling over themselves to see who can out compete his fellow American for craziest.

Amazing video! All so well explained and clear. Loved the Polestar shots as well! Keep it going!❤

An impressive presentation of the issues with excellent visuals - thank you Imogen & your team.

What a superbly informative and wonderfully watch this episode is! Bravo Team Fully Charged!

Hello from Ireland now let's get drinking 😊

I love these sorts of videos! Thank you!

Extremely well done video on a complex large subject that's a total mystery to most people. The diagrams, interviews and on-site location visits help make this topic tangible. This video is going in my permanent bookmarks for sure. 👍

Another brilliant report on a complex subject by Imogen, Governments need to encourage home owners and factories to enhance their solar panels by having batteries, this will also take pressure off the grid

Who knew that when we work together and plan for the future needs of the people that it benefits everyone!

Fascinating and brilliantly produced. Nice one FC!

Well done Imi. You have managed to explain quite a complex solution,very simply so evan I can understand it

I live in northeastern Washington state, and we have dams and huge transmission lines. They are nice in that they go straight up and over the mountains which means they are great places to ski in the winter on their steep treeless slopes. Especially since all the snow reaches the ground in early winter making then the first place you can find good snow.

So wise , Thank You

What an excellent video! Well done!

Another fascinating and insightful episode brilliantly delivered by Imogen. Keep up the amazing work FCS! 🤩🤩👏🏻

Been saying this for years, Australia needs massive solar in WA and send it to the East coast for the evening demand as WA is mostly 3+hrs behind. So during summer at like 9PM AEST the solar would just be tapering off a bit in WA as its just 6PM. And did you know, Perth W.A is further north than Sydney by almost 2' !

Hi Imogen. Love your work 👍

Don't forget the constraints on the system, only so much power can be transported without instability in the system loop. The 750 kV DC line only goes in one direction, South. There are ties to the Eastern interconnection also; as well as the Texas interconnection, although they don't like to admit it. The losses are more than 10 percent but with local battery storage losses will be reduced. Most of this wire is aluminum (ASCR). Distance is one of the biggest challenges, not politicians. Don't ask me how I know, (former system operator).

Another very interesting topic as usual and very well presented. I think I could listen to this geeky babe all day long, especially on such related topics. Thank you!

Thanks for all the useful knowledge you have taught me, these last few years. 🙂

Very good video, keep it up. :D

Excellent VIDEO! THABKS!

Cool. I grew up around large hydro projects. School visits and open days including a underground hydro station. Tongariro power scheme.

Very professional video with a stunning Imogen presenting intelligently. I was hoping to hear about new developments regarding Electro Magnetic Radiation shielding by these high power transmission lines...

Remarkable! I'm now a fully qualified US electricity consultant. I only ever came on here to watch Creighton ask comics what he thought of his new Prius

@MrKristyon

8 ай бұрын

Kryten. Nice try though. Makes him sound more like a 19th Butler.

@durwoodmaccool890

8 ай бұрын

Kryten is a butler, or started out as one anyway.

@michaelrobson3460

8 ай бұрын

@@durwoodmaccool890 I even spell checked that.

I have lived in BC for my whole life. We are very aware of the transmission lines but they are second nature. I have to admit that it was WAC Bennett who had the foresight to nationalise BC Electric and found BC Hydro. I cannot say I was a fan of BC's Social Credit Party but if we had stayed with BC Electric we could have ended up with a power grid like Texas.

@trey1531

8 ай бұрын

Does BC Electric have 30,000 wind turbines?

@HermannKerr

8 ай бұрын

If run by power companies there is only about 300, I believe. There is a lot of potential on the coast, but if you look at the west coast of BC it isn't very accessible except by water. There is a massive potential that is going untouched and that is geothermal as BC on the Pacific Ring of Fire. I thought if someone comes up with a fairly functional system then there could be wave power and tidal power. We surely have a lot of hydro power and a lot that has not been tapped, the Moran Dam on the Fraser River, planned but not done, which would have been an environmental disaster.

@alanhat5252

8 ай бұрын

@@HermannKerr there are a few tidal-flow generators running, mostly around Scotland, but they're still small early stage machines, basically a submarine with an over-sized propeller riding at anchor. They seem reliable. Tidal-range there's less of & so far they're a coastal barrage with low-head turbines set through the wall. There's one in France that's been working nearly 60 years (La Rance). I haven't seen wave power working at scale yet but there are many promising designs.

@kennixox262

7 ай бұрын

We need to really expand geothermal power production in Northern Nevada.@@HermannKerr

Great video. Beautiful presenter Imogen

Woah this is so interesting, we would love to see revolutionary strategies like this implemented in Australia!

You are the best presenter in this channel ❤

Roicky and Imogen in one video? And my favorite topic? Life is great, thanks!!!

Informative

This is sooo the answer… we don’t need batteries. We just need a grid that goes across the glove so that there is always sun somewhere

Put the lines underground as much as possible. It's more expensive up.front, but in the long term it's definitely worth it. High voltage DC for the long distance super grid, AC for medium grids and low voltage battery backed up DC micro grids for the neighbourhood.

@alanmay7929

8 ай бұрын

Nope!!!! It's definitely not worth it and not everywhere! The repairs and other works on it are super expensive on underground lines.

@michaelsmithers4900

8 ай бұрын

@@alanmay7929disagree, repairs may be more expensive but are less frequent. It like a bkick road vs.asphalt. Brick is more expensive and more expensive to repair but lasts so much longe. But it’s easier to slap down asphalt that lasts three to five years to get some votes…

@marktaylor9751

7 ай бұрын

The losses are far greater when buried. So not just more expensive to build. More expensive to run.

@alanmay7929

7 ай бұрын

@@michaelsmithers4900 wrong!!!

I live in rural Australia and have bumped my PV to feed my Volvo XC40 recharge :)

Well done

Super grid? Super Imogen 😅

If we connected the eastern and western grid we could send solar power at night across timezones

The national electric grid is humanity's greatest asset.

I wanted to hear much more technical detail. Here’s something I’m wondering about. Electricity is propagating presumably at the speed of light in the metal that the conductors are made out of. The size of these interconnects is so big that there’s a substantial propagation delay from one end of the network to the other. So I’m wondering how the different parts of the network synchronize themselves in terms of synchronizing the phase angle of the AC waveform in different places. If you took a snapshot of the grid at a single moment in time, what would the locations where the propagating electricity is currently at its peak look like?

Thank you

We need more and more of these big interconnections, nice! But we also need to scale battery storage exponentially and start adapting our usage in order to help the grid, that’s where hourly tariff is the way to go!

What a lovely lady, makes learning tech easy watching listening

@tedmoss

8 ай бұрын

Except I have trouble understanding what she says because of the bad audio.

This large scale model is one solution but better balancing of local grids can really increase renewable use and use battery storage to ease peaks!

@alanmay7929

8 ай бұрын

Yeah and as always literally everything.ade possible with ICE and oil! What are EVs doing un the meantime!?

@alanhat5252

8 ай бұрын

Oh, the wonders of modern technology! We can have _both!_

@alanhat5252

8 ай бұрын

@@alanmay7929 Did you notice the scow-bodied ore hauler in the video? (2:47) Did you notice it's electric? The excavator filling it is probably electric too. These things were available in electric long before ICEs were invented & are still quite often the best solution.

@alanmay7929

8 ай бұрын

@@alanhat5252 are you living under the rocks on in your sweet dreams!? All those machines were steam powered first and then transitioned to diesel which made them significantly way more capable and versatile in all places around the world.

@alanmay7929

8 ай бұрын

@@alanhat5252 from opening the mining site to installing all the equipments to operation and site reconstitution its all made possible with the almighty diesel power. Try again!

No talk about “smart” transmission lines or new wire technology? Those innovations are inexpensive, use existing grid infrastructure, and can move about 75% more electrons. Those are needed and are being implemented today with very short permitting timelines to get us half way there to 100% renewables.

Canada needs a HVDC transmission line across the country, not more pipelines.

@tedmoss

8 ай бұрын

Canada needs battery storage and solar maybe a little wind, just like anywhere else.

Power companies shouldn’t have to ask people to use less power. The price of power just needs to be time of use priced. If electricity is more expensive people won’t use it as much. I think this also goes for industry. Make electricity expensive enough at a certain time and industry will change. Some companies would even change their working hours if it saved them enough money.

@tedmoss

8 ай бұрын

No they won't, they will put in battery storage systems. Do you have solar panels on your house?

@toggleton6365

8 ай бұрын

So the rich can cool down their big houses while the poor will in heatwaves just die. cause of heat or cause the power bill does left no money to buy food. Not a good solution TBH. Having Energy market prices as option is nice. For heatpumps and electric car charging that can be really nice when they automatic look when the best time is to use power and by that save some money. There is a story about a bakery that switched to later working hours to have more use of the PV on the roof but that needs to be done in a clever way not by just having everyone pay Hourly marketprices.

@ecospider5

8 ай бұрын

@tedmoss Yes I do. But Washington doesn’t have time of use pricing. So I don’t have a powerwall yet.

@ecospider5

8 ай бұрын

@tedmoss Yes I do. But Washington doesn’t have time of use pricing. So I don’t have a powerwall yet.

@ecospider5

8 ай бұрын

@tedmoss Yes I do. But Washington doesn’t have time of use pricing. So I don’t have a powerwall yet.

Thank you.

Higher voltage allows for thinner conductors to carry the same current. Longer distance leads to fatter conductors to offset the accumulated resistance.

@richardnwilson

8 ай бұрын

Actually higher voltage does not allow thinner conductors to carry the same current. Higher voltage does however allow thinner conductors to carry the same power (watts). The amount of current a wire can carry is not related to voltage. Voltage x amps = Watts. Increase the voltage and you increase the Watts if the current stays the same.😊

@chrisking7603

8 ай бұрын

@@richardnwilson Of course that's what I _meant_ to say. ;-)

Just FYI, electrons don't "move around", even less along "long distances".

Better transmission, in combination with better demand side management can make the need for storage very small. We're still getting better at transforming power, we might get AC/DC transforming technologies that makes HVDC relevant for much shorter distances, and longer, than current, relatively soon. I find storage more technically interesting than improved transmission, but improved transmission is a better solution. Shaving the worst peaks from peak demand makes it much easier to meet demand with long distance transmission. And there's a lot of potential for households moving power draw from grid a few hours or more that requires no to moderate investments or adjustments in life when everything is electric. Most charging of non-commercial EVs can be moved days without problems. A lot of the heat for hot water and heating homes can relatively easily be stored for hours. Thermal storage for cooling, for ACs and refrigerators could be even easier, as water has a convenient freezing point, which even can be adjusted with additives. Thermal storage also means you don't need as high output from the heat pumps as you need for that instant powerful heating or cooling, which means you can get higher efficiency. Also, running conventional ACs harder the higher the outside temperature gets is, well, not intelligent.

Like to see BC Hydro talk about reconductoring existing transmission line. We could do alot better.

We need more east west interconnection to off set the peak demand with off peak power from a east west interconnection

@tedmoss

8 ай бұрын

Why not do it cheaply with batteries and solar?

1:45 yes i was alway saying y parking lot dont built sunroof shade. Keep car cool and keep snow and rain off

Interesting point about AC/DC transmission. AC suffers significant losses in underwater transmission, due to electromagnetic interactions with cladding and seawater, so DC is used. Perhaps there is a similar effect for underground transmission, making DC a better option for that ?

Massive fings !

At 2:50 , there is a video of a dump truck powered by overhead wires. I want to know more about that.

@alanhat5252

8 ай бұрын

The tech developed at the same time as steam (17th/18th centuries) & is still widely used in industry. The excavator loading the dump truck is likely to be electric too because one wire is easier & quicker to move than hundreds of gallons of fuel.

@licencetoswill

8 ай бұрын

there's a whole video all about it on this channel

I can't remember where it was, but they designed Pylon towers to look like giants carrying the lines. Its almost like turning them into statues or pieces of art. If more of them were built this way, they would become an interesting part of the general scenery rather than a blight on the landscape. If we design pylons to fit into a landscape then would there be so many objections to them....?

@lindam.1502

8 ай бұрын

😂I nerd out with excitement when I see them!!

@alanhat5252

8 ай бұрын

@@lindam.1502 where are they?

@alanhat5252

8 ай бұрын

There's a row of tidy-looking pylons crossing the M4 as you drop onto the Somerset Levels in England. They're probably not pretty enough for a special trip but it's worth looking out for them if you happen to be going that way.

@craigknight2764

8 ай бұрын

​@alanhat5252 the new T pylons? Yet to see one in the metal, but I like the design.

I hope we get to putting power lines in conduit pipe, underground.

Looks like it's back to DC for both the grid & homes, HVDC is suitable for subterranean & submarine connections & DC domestic appliances just make sense these days (lighting & low-load appliances) especially with home generation being DC. AC was good for regional transmission but needs to end now as it has no place in long range transmission or domestic use. The game-changer would be commercial though. Imagine selling electricity generated by your home back to yourself when using a public power point. Or subscribing to grid-storage bypassing the need for a huge domestic battery. Kind of like an electrical version of the internet/Cloud. Domestic generation is probably the solution to full electrification but he generation/consumption gap need to be fixed & batteries blow the budget.

Yesterday (Sept 6) ERCOT the Texas grid manager/operator declared a Level 2 Emergency. Grid reserves were below 1750 MW. We seem to be headed for another shortfall today as they are curerntly asking for voluntary conservation. If Texas actually participated in the Western Interconnection, the state would be much better off. But no, Republicans running the state are irrationally opposed to "federal regulation" that they would be under if they joined the other interconnected systems in the country. So their petty posturing means Texas citizens suffer power outages on a regular basis and are frequently asked to cut back, all so the "leaders" can get brownie points with low information voters. Great stuff right?

There are national security issues with centrally distributed electrical power. In the 1960s I was living in Canada, when a transformer in the grid distribution site in Buffalo failed. and most of eastern Canada and the eastern US went dark. There were only two of these transformers available at that time and it would take many months, or even years to manufacture additional transformers. A later security analysis pointed out that there are only a dozen distribution nodes around the US relying on this type of transformer and if they were sabotaged it would take months if not years to get the US electrical grid back up again now consider if millions of businesses and homes, with solar and energy storage,as well as electric vehicles, it would be damn near impossible to shut it all down and this type of distributed power generation and storage would increase National security. Unfortunately I rarely ever hear this brought up as the big disadvantage of centrally distributed power generation. Another point is historically wars are often start over access to energy, such as recently the access to petroleum products. If there is no need to secure importation of energy sources, I suspect it would greatly reduce the reasons for countries to go to war. And an additional bonus would be that it would not only lower the cost of living, (the cost of energy is what drives inflation), the money consumers would save would give them a better quality of life and more spending power, which would drive the economy to greater heights, something that businesses would appreciate. I believe the best solution would be a hybrid grid, combining most areas that could be supported locally together with distribution to take care of sudden loads or breakdowns, it's a flexible approach that would address the issues and reduce the vulnerability of sabotage. Scientia Habet Non Domus, (Knowledge Has No Home) antiguajohn

Knowing this while others read at candle light, helps us how?!?

If the link between Norway and the UK goes under the sea why can't these powerlines go underground?

@definemoron

7 ай бұрын

Because they service homes on the way, were as the Norway - UK route is direct.

So the loss on electrical generation in the USA is 66% vs oil transportation which in a supertanker is around 5%. So those EVs are great?

how come solar panel properties are not allowed to be used for several years after the installation? I say raise them and have multi-use properties'.

Boom! Now if we could share more east to west our grid would be so much better.

@geirmyrvagnes8718

8 ай бұрын

Solar spread over 4-5 time zones has potential! And additionally you would get the comedic effect of a single huge connected North American grid with a hole in the middle the size of Texas. And the shape of Texas. 🤣

@alanhat5252

8 ай бұрын

@@geirmyrvagnes8718 Texas is connected though what they do with the power is anyone's guess.

@geirmyrvagnes8718

8 ай бұрын

@@alanhat5252 They make stainless steel pick-up trucks ready for the apocalypse, of course! 🤣

And whatever it costs will be recovered by means of an even bigger standing charge.😞 I need to go off-grid before I go off my head.

The future of energy needs to be distributed energy! In areas where solar makes sense, streamline permitting, lower prices, and improve financing to enable home and small business owners to install. solar and batteries. And, we need affordable home storage batteries; less than $10,000 for 30 + kWh. Distributed energy is much cheaper than massive infrastructure profits. And, the huge projects hurt individual citizens by allowing us to compete with the corrupt and price gouging electric utility monopolies!

So, there is still no winner of your giveaway?

if only the US could / would recognize the invaluable utility of geothermal when it comes to heating and cooling, we could drastically reduce the need to send power regardless of region. We've got a lot of land and it can be used as a heatsink. The ground not barely 2-3 metres deep is at a constant 25C year-round

@tedmoss

8 ай бұрын

As the cost goes down, more will be done. Build your own.

@wjlambert

8 ай бұрын

@@tedmoss With economy of scale, per the ideology of this video, geothermal could actually be cost effective, rather than having to build massive electrical corridors to transmit energy from Canada to the California and vise versa. The answers are literally in front of us and we refuse to accept them

Ignoring the need for clean firm energy too much. And generating it close as possible to the demand location. So more geothermal and nuclear is needed. The pumping around of variable sources increases the cost of the grid and it's more costly on operating cost. I would really urge people and fully charged to become more positive about firm clean energy sources. 🎉

It’s impossible to find a good number for line loss while transporting electricity. Maybe because the number is much higher than the utilities are reporting. Local power with battery storage is bound to be less expensive, lower risk of fires, line damage, maintenance cost, land use, permitting issues, sub stations, and environmental damage. At least you should be addressing the negatives and mentioning the pros and cons. Don’t forget the undergrounding of these lines as an option. Isn’t that what they do on your side of the pond?

I’ve been wanting this in Australia but apparently it’s far to expensive and not viable

The graphic shown at 4.19 seems less than entirely accurate. Including windmills and solar panels while not showing any hydrodams, while interviewing the director of operations of a company that gets three percent of its electricity from wind and solar and eighty-seven percent from hydroelectricity gives an inaccurate impression. I would be very interested to know how much hydropower BCHydro ships to California and how much solar energy it gets in return

Is it possible to run power lines underground or do they have to be on pylons?

@solentbum

8 ай бұрын

There is a section in Dorset (UK) where some 19 pylons have recently been replaced by underground cables for aesthetic purposes in an area of Outstanding natural and historic beauty. Apparently the existing pylons were coming to end of life anyway, the cost was of cost high. On a large scale the problem is cost per mile versus other benefits, hence cables normally only go underground in cities.

@Simon-dm8zv

8 ай бұрын

Underground cables need to be far thicker than overhead lines because they are not air cooled.

Environmentalists get very nervous when they hear the phrase "onerous regulations."

200,000klm @$ 2 million per klm is $ 400 trillion. Now 5times new capacity because no fossil fuels in the future. Some videos are crapy because they are unreasonable.

you do not drive with aT ford any more but your electricity is from the same time

- why is Ricky - 2-bit here ???

10:51 NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

The 3 sandboxes and their allegiance to shareholders and government bureaucracy makes the proposed cooperation virtually improbable. The 20-30 companies involved including foreign control ones strangle cooperation.

very HubTropolis ... Thank You³ 😊

We really need a decentralized energy grid, politicians and corporations are doing everything they can to keep that from happening. This is the opposite direction we should be headed.

A national supergrid solves a lot of problems. How about an international one? Would it make storage less necessary, if energy can be transferred efficiently around the world from point of generation to consumption?

@hape3862

8 ай бұрын

The European Continental Synchronous Grid spans from the North Cape to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and from Portugal to Anatolia. Last member connected were Ukraine and Norway. So, hurry up America, we are already several steps ahead.

@Obscurai

8 ай бұрын

Well the interconnects between Canada, Mexico and the US are international.

@tedmoss

8 ай бұрын

@@hape3862 Do you have any idea what you are talking about? The distances and power involved? Right of way?

@toggleton6365

8 ай бұрын

Well this will be very hard. connecting the European grid with USA will mean that you need to find a route that is maintainable. Guess a route to iceland and then canada would be possible but that project to connect iceland to UK is tried since years and AFAIK abandoned. The European grid does try to spread out like with the connection that is planned to Georgia the non Murican one thru the Black sea and EuroAsia Interconnector connecting greece with israel and Egypt. But here is the reality hitting hard. In a perfect world we would connect all the grids but we are in a world of running wars and giving states the power to blackmail you or be easy targets for terrorist attacks is nothing you want to have. So the connections to other regions are quite small so that if they break the grid can easy replace it.

@hape3862

8 ай бұрын

@@tedmoss Huh? Newsflash: The entire U.S. easily fits into the Synchronous Grid of Continental Europe! And it serves more people, over 400 million in 24 countries. So the distances are even greater, the power transport is even greater, and the rights of way are even more complicated, with 24 different countries involved and dozens of High Voltage Direct Current links running through multiple seas (North Sea, Baltic, Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Atlantic). All this is already existing and in daily use, mind you! - So I have to ask back: Do _you_ have any idea what you are talking about?

The challenge isn’t politicians making themselves wealthy, it’s NIMBYs not wanting any infrastructure anywhere near them, and the government not letting national grid plan for what will be needed in the future, but being forced to only building what they are asked to build

Three sections; “East, West & Texas” Really!?

Being an oddball even amongst ecomentalists, I rather like pylons. 🙂

What percentage line loss occurs transmitting power the huge distances? If pipelines only need one permit authority, why not bury the transmission line in pipelines?. No pylons to look at or be damaged by natural hazards or terrorism. By putting cables in a pipeline easier maintenance access is created. You could even collocate the line in an existing pipeline transporting anything...water, oil, gas, etc.

@tedmoss

8 ай бұрын

Boy are you wrong, get an engineering degree.

@1:36 Italian registered Tesla in California. That doesn't seem very green.

@SusieSmart

8 ай бұрын

Looks like a European Supercharger to me as it’s has a CCS connector rather than a NACS connector.

the grid can not with no power lines hydro is a good water storage for farmers.

We could just be using the global, super grid that already exists… y’know… the internet? Power over Fiber has been around for decades and we already have a global network of fiber lines and the ability to make more at nearly 0 environmental cost

@Simon-dm8zv

8 ай бұрын

Would never be able to carry the required power.

@MrStreaty122

8 ай бұрын

@@Simon-dm8zv Then we should be spending our limited time developing PoF transceivers that CAN handle the power. It would be exponentially cheaper than building an entirely new grid while being orders of magnitude more efficient

@Simon-dm8zv

8 ай бұрын

@@MrStreaty122 The electrical grid mainly needs expansion. There is a reason why aluminium / steel conductors have been used for over a century for high power transmission.