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----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:48 PM Subject: Re: East Coast outage? > > Once upon a time, Iljitsch van Beijnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Maybe a stupid question... > > > > But what if the huge distribution systems used DC and the whole thing > > was only converted to AC close to the users in small installations? > > This would get rid of the frequency problems. > > Basic physics. To run DC at the power levels required, the "wire" would > have to be over 100 feet in diameter IIRC. Look up the Edison vs. Tesla > power arguments for all kinds of information on AC vs. DC. > > This is one of the problems that makes the room-temperature > superconductor a "holy grail" research area. > > -- > Chris Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. >
