• @wizzim@infosec.pub
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    26 days ago

    Sorry for the naive question, but is it not possible to send the excess electricity to the ground (in the electrical sense)?

    • @SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      526 days ago

      It would definitely need to be ground in a literal sense.

      And even the earth has its limits. Soil is only so conductive, pump enough energy into it and you’ll turn it to glass (which won’t conduct anymore).