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[-] desktop_user 2 points 10 months ago

high voltage DC, it was a bad idea in the past due to the difficulty of changing voltage, but Buck boost converters exist now, as due inverters.

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Tell this idea to an electrical engineer, and bring a stopwatch to time how many minutes they laugh for

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Now imagine replacing all transformers with buck-boost converters...

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Nah. We'll go more primitive. We'll do all our voltage and AC/DC conversions...mechanically! Do what they did to power DC subway systems back at the start of the 20th century. Just have a big AC motor directly coupled to a big DC generator! And we can use gearing to convert voltages! Let's bring a needlessly complex and steampunk aesthetic to our electric grid!

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