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The Electrical Grid (2020)

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The Problems of Electricity Transmission

Dc was a standard voltage used to transmit electricity. Power had to be made at the same voltage it was used for each use. Dc covered dense urban areas and remote, sparsely populated rural ones. Even a small part of this web was likely to many, many strands. And it was pretty clear that that kind of system was not going to last long.

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