Curated! In general, I’m a big fan of well-researched fact posts, especially when they point squarely at subjects where we might be failing at civilizational adequacy.
In this case, the transfer logistics were almost more interesting to me than the rest of it. It’s pretty crazy to me that there’s no easier solution than something involving custom railway cars, but I suppose the design of the transformers themselves makes it impractical (since you can’t exactly modularize the coils, which are the actually-heavy bit).
Curated! In general, I’m a big fan of well-researched fact posts, especially when they point squarely at subjects where we might be failing at civilizational adequacy.
In this case, the transfer logistics were almost more interesting to me than the rest of it. It’s pretty crazy to me that there’s no easier solution than something involving custom railway cars, but I suppose the design of the transformers themselves makes it impractical (since you can’t exactly modularize the coils, which are the actually-heavy bit).
I regret your decision to curate this post. The version that landed in my inbox did not begin with the epistemic status warning.