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by SECProto 954 days ago
> I'm not an electrical engineer but it sounds implausible for power to be transferred that far without losing a bunch of it in the process, unless you have massive cables.

Read up about Hydro Quebec. They generate gigawatts in Northern Quebec and export large amounts to New England. HVDC is pretty efficient.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydro-Qu%C3%A9bec's_electricit...