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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that need big ass transformers and or that USA puts their net to 240V?

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

๐Ÿ˜ you don't transport electricity at low voltages like that, because the loss is bigger. In France there is roughly 400.000 volt lines, they get split up in 200.000v then 63.000 IIRC etc etc down to 230v (220, 230, 240 I never remember which country has which).

So no problem there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

And for reference some US transmission lines are up to 765kV.