Power transmission is a tiny tiny part of what you could do with such a substance. It would be an total and utter revolution. Shame it is probably "50 years" in the future, like fusion powe… (View Post)

Ah, but just think how good the AI will be powered by a room-temperature superconducting quantum computer. It will break all current classical encryption without breaking into a sweat. (View Post)

On the technological fix front, I see there is still quite a lot of excitement over the potential high temperature superconductor LK-99. It has been confirmed to be superconducting by a second group,… (View Post)

There was one sold here for a surprisingly small amount. Wish I'd bought it now... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4353464/Underground-Cold-War-bunker-market-25k.html The new owner does… (View Post)

Yes, although how shallow is the heating? I assume it doesn't extend through the whole water column. If it does then we really are in the doo-doo. I assume this must be due to the sulphur ban on… (View Post)