Reply To: Wealth of Nations, and Economics of Abundance

[Rematog]

Just a minute….

At the most optimistic, (20MW power blocks with installed cost of $500k ea), repowering America’s electrical generating capacity will cost about 30 BILLION dollars.

Of course big business and Wall Street will be involved. This could not be achieved in any other realistic way in the USA as it is today. And, the electrical distribution infrastructure will need to be maintained and even improved (cheap power means more demand for power).

Note, I said distribution, not transmission. Even if the Fusion Power Blocks are distributed throughout the system, power will still have to get from the local substation to your home or business. This isn’t “Mr. Fusion” from “Back to the Future”, you wouldn’t be installing one in your basement…. unless your Bill Gates rich and have a house using Megawatts of power….lol

Rematog

Transmission = high voltage (generally > 60Kv) lines carrying large amounts of power cross country from the power plant to the distribution substation.
Distribution = Med. Voltage (13Kv and less) taking power from the substation to the customer.

(yes, I think of 480V three phase power as low voltage….)