Technology@lemmy.worldbyfloofloof@lemmy.ca10 monthsGeologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire worldwww.earth.com English 11033984%419
masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish10 months Distribution doesn’t just include long distance distribution. It includes all the wiring between transformers and houses and all the internal wiring of the house and all the devices inside etc. 8
fullsquare@awful.systemsEnglish10 monthsonly residential wiring uses copper, everything from 350kV down to 400V lines is aluminum, and even in houses aluminum can be used too 1920
surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish10 months aluminum can be used too Thousands of fires disagree -118%1
frezik@midwest.socialEnglish10 monthsFrom old electrical connections that weren’t designed for the different rates of expansion of aluminum and copper. Today, most of them are. 14
fullsquare@awful.systemsEnglish10 monthsthis was before we figured out that you can use stranded aluminum wire and it’s fine this way that, or copper clad aluminum 9
Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish10 monthsAnd that part is entirely independent from whether the electricity is generated with solar, wind or fossil fuels. 6
only residential wiring uses copper, everything from 350kV down to 400V lines is aluminum, and even in houses aluminum can be used too
Thousands of fires disagree
From old electrical connections that weren’t designed for the different rates of expansion of aluminum and copper. Today, most of them are.
this was before we figured out that you can use stranded aluminum wire and it’s fine this way
that, or copper clad aluminum
And that part is entirely independent from whether the electricity is generated with solar, wind or fossil fuels.