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Re:Nuclear Power is Safest Way to Make Electricity by adrianN on Sunday April 03, 2011 @04:38AM (#2402190)
With high voltage directed current lines, losses are around 3%/1000km. That's not so much.
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Re:Nuclear Power is Safest Way to Make Electricity by asharp on Sunday April 03, 2011 @06:31AM (#2402344)
Interesting, do you have any links as to how they work/how they are constructed/etc?
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Re:Nuclear Power is Safest Way to Make Electricity by artsrc on Sunday April 03, 2011 @08:59AM (#2402597)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current
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