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    3 months ago

    sounds more like we should just change away from a shitty system that needs to be a specific frequency. If only there was an alternative…

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        3 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.

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          3 months ago

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

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          3 months ago

          Now imagine replacing all transformers with buck-boost converters…

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            3 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!