The Impact Of Superconductors (Narration Only)

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Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technologies may be far greater, and we'll explore the science or superconductivity works and what future technology it will of us. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/uq2b4BqKswg Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: The Impact of Superconductors Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 250; August 6, 2020 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Jerry Guern Keith Blockus S. Kopperud Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Justin Dixon Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Katie Byrne Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:31.0	In the future, there will be no resistance to the widespread adoption of superconductors.
0:37.2	So today is our 250th weekly episode, and we'll be looking at superconductors, how they work,
0:42.7	what they can do for us, and what the impact of them will be on our civilization.
0:46.9	This is a tricky topic because on the one hand, we already have superconductors and their
0:51.4	impact has been rather large already, but what we usually mean
0:55.0	are room temperature superconductors, those would open up doors for us to do some truly
0:59.6	impressive mega-engineering, among other technological feats, particularly if twinned together
1:04.4	with the invention of a material that acted as a true magnetic shield, which we'll discuss
1:08.8	later. Let's talk about the most obvious impact first
1:12.0	though. Right now, we are always short of electricity, especially from cheap and renewable sources.
1:18.5	However, something like half our electric production simply goes to waste as heat in the electric
1:23.1	lines from your local power plant to the power outlet in your wall. The longer the line, the more is wasted, and so often even better and more efficient power
1:32.3	options can't be used because the distance involved makes it less efficient.
1:36.3	Solar panels located in the desert with ample sunlight, but far from human habitation, lose
1:41.3	too much power to transmission distances. Solar is also off half
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