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by cyberax 232 days ago
> Only technically correct because you said "arbitrary": it's well within China's manufacturing capabilities to make a grid that can transmit 3 TW over 40,000 km, with a conductor cross section so thick it only has 1 Ω resistance.

And it'll turn out to cost more than building a nuke in each backyard.

> I have, in fact, done the maths on this.

No.