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points by defrost 3 days ago | 0 comments

> You want us to transport energy 1500 miles?

That's literally CCP state controlled communism !! More specifically, that's what the Gansu–Zhejiang UHVDC project has as an overhead transmission line length (2,370 km in international units).

* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014206152...

* https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241113-will-chinas-ultr...

[–] PaulDavisThe1st 2 days ago

The very decidely non-communist SunZia wind project in SE New Mexico (not too from where I live, and the largest wind generation system in the world at this point) came with a 1600km new grid line connecting it to California (though it is a part of the overall western grid too, and electricity is fungible).

[–] defrost 2 days ago

Ahhh, I jested - I accept some in the US have no problem getting it together on collective civil infrastructure projects that benefit many.

The GP might be in the group that don't much like that kind of thing.