The French get it pretty good. First, the money came from many nations and not just France. Second, the money spent on this will largely get redistributed to the local economy.
This point would be much stronger if you focused on countries who paid in but did not get to run the experiment.
"When cooled and squeezed very hard, the soft metallic element europium turns into a superconductor... which, if harnessed, could make for more efficient energy transfer."
After factoring in the cost of compressing and cooling a big long cable... In other words, not any time soon.
Superconductivity can be harnessed for efficient energy transfer. It's a boilerplate that is attached to any research associated with superconductivity to remind the general public whe they're spending millions of dollars on things which aren't available as direct dividends to their lives.
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The French get it pretty good. First, the money came from many nations and not just France. Second, the money spent on this will largely get redistributed to the local economy. This point would be much stronger if you focused on countries who paid in but did not get to run the experiment.
Or we could have giant hemp farms to harvest fusion power from the nearest star, and then burn that in a hemp/steam power plant.
And best of all, there would be no "not in my backyard" syndrom. However, have we factored in the tax-funded muchies subsidy? That may be nontrivial.
"When cooled and squeezed very hard, the soft metallic element europium turns into a superconductor ... which, if harnessed, could make for more efficient energy transfer."
After factoring in the cost of compressing and cooling a big long cable... In other words, not any time soon.
Superconductivity can be harnessed for efficient energy transfer. It's a boilerplate that is attached to any research associated with superconductivity to remind the general public whe they're spending millions of dollars on things which aren't available as direct dividends to their lives.
Scientists (and natural phenomena!) have been bending light through space for a long, long time.
Personally, I won't be impressed unless I see light bend through space-time. THAT would be a feat!