[DoingIsLearning]

> In China and Europe, new cities and villages are being envisioned that will be entirely DC powered.

Citation needed? Other then HVDC links or micro-generation I can't see a practical use for DC unless you are entirely off-grid.

[naikrovek]

lots of things are envisioned every day. everyone has ideas; calling it "envisioned" doesn't make those things any more feasible or realistic.

article author is either sole owner of a huge copper deposit or isn't articulating themselves very well. DC makes no sense for distribution at all.

[Skunkleton]

But DC is used for distribution, just at extremely high voltages.

[DoingIsLearning]

HVDC is used in distribution for specific transfer between point A and point B, HVDC is not used _for_ distribution.

Distribution implies a network that keeps getting downstepped until it reaches consumer nodes.

[twobitshifter]

San Francisco has a “secret dc grid serving 900 customers” - the problems described are now solvable.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26431569

[contingencies]

I am aware of at least one American managed company here in China selling DC-all-the-things.