# Feasibility of electric transmission over long distances **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946 "2014-09-30T06:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946/61 "2014-10-03T06:51:49Z")
But the good thing about gas powered plants is that they don’t have to be big. The gas can be distributed through underground pipes and burns fairly cleanly, so you just put in relatively small installations wherever the waste heat can be put to use. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946/62 "2014-10-03T11:38:18Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > Q: How do you blow up a LNG ship? > A: Collide it with a LOx ship. > Easy Peasy! Or collide it with a antimatter LNG ship 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946/63 "2014-10-03T14:27:09Z")
_Everything_ is explosive when you add enough liquid oxygen. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946/64 "2014-10-03T19:31:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > _Everything_ is explosive when you add enough liquid oxygen. Even LOX? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946/65 "2014-10-03T19:33:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Even LOX? :dubious: Yes I still think antimatter would work better. ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946/66 "2014-10-03T19:43:50Z")
I assume LOx = liquid oxygen. As oxygen can be had anywhere, why put it in a ship? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946/67 "2014-10-03T20:53:05Z")
> [@iljitsch](#): > > I assume LOx = liquid oxygen. As oxygen can be had anywhere, why put it in a ship? Did you read the recent posts? The whole point of the silly side discussion of LOX ships was that they were the best way to trigger a comprehensive explosion of an LNG ship. Nobody’s seriously discussing including them as part of an energy transport infrastructure. ---
**Author:** ![filmstar-en](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@filmstar-en](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmstar-en)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946/68 "2014-10-05T12:44:38Z")
Here is a science radio programme that discusses supergrids. Some interesting stuff about carbon nanotubes and energy transmission by laser. > **[BBC World Service - Discovery, Power Transmission](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0268cd5)** > > Could super grids supplying DC electricity be the solution to rising demand for energy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-electric-transmission-over-long-distances/699946.md?page=3)