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danielv123 t1_ixdxq0o wrote on November 22, 2022 at 6:41 PM

Reply to comment by Admiral_Fancypants in HVDC macrogrid would reduce climate pollutants and electricity costs while transmitting low-cost renewable power by manual_tranny

Yep. The reason we have AC instead of DC on the grid is because semiconductors wasn't a thing when the grid started, which meant there was no good replacement for transformers.