{"id":541,"date":"2008-07-13T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2008-07-13T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=541"},"modified":"2008-07-13T15:33:07","modified_gmt":"2008-07-13T15:33:07","slug":"this-is-sooo-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"This Is Sooo Cool!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"This%20Is%20Sooo%20Cool%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/images\/jul08\/images\/super01.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/jul08\/6428\">Superconductor power transmission lines on Long Island!<\/a> (get it? &#8220;Soo Cool&#8221;). They are in the preliminary stages of implementing this technology. Ever since the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2003_North_America_blackout\">East Coast blackout of 2003,<\/a> I have been harping\u00c2\u00a0 that our national power grid, designed in the 1920&#8217;s, is becoming woefully outdated, and we are stretching its capacity to the limits. California has been able to avoid more blackouts since the Enron induced power failures of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_electricity_crisis\">1999 through 2001<\/a>, but the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flexyourpower.org\/flexalert\/\">Flex Alert<\/a>&#8221; strategy will only get us so far. It&#8217;s nice to finally see some investment to modernize the system. It would take years, maybe decades, to replace the old infrastructure, and the technology is pricey, but the CEO of American Superconductor, Greg Yurek, states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230; in                 the long run, the cost of superconductor transmission                 cables will be below that of adding new aboveground                 copper power lines. A single superconductor running                 underground can take the place of a nest of conventional                 copper lines strung overhead. The cables at the Long                 Island site enter the ground through a right of way not                 much wider than 1 meter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, California governance is so dyfunctional, we&#8217;ll probably never see this tech implimented here. And the enviros would certainly find some reason to block it.<\/p>\n<p>PS. I was born on Long Island, so I feel I have some connection to this story.<\/p>\n<p>Hat Tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/hardware.slashdot.org\/hardware\/08\/07\/12\/0135227.shtml\">Slashdot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"This%20Is%20Sooo%20Cool%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Superconductor power transmission lines on Long Island! (get it? &#8220;Soo Cool&#8221;). They are in the preliminary stages of implementing this technology. Ever since the East Coast blackout of 2003, I have been harping\u00c2\u00a0 that our national power grid, designed in the 1920&#8217;s, is becoming woefully outdated, and we are stretching its capacity to the limits. 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