"Today, most power lines consist of steel cores surrounded by strands of aluminum, a design that’s been around for a century. In the 2000s, several companies developed cables that used smaller, lighter cores such as carbon fiber and that could hold more aluminum. These advanced cables can carry up to twice as much current as older models."
@stshank Dunno if this is already in the article 'cause I won't click the times, but another huge advantage of these is it requires no new rights of way and leaves a lot less room for the challenges that are a big part of the reason infra is so expensive for us.
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