Industrial electric arc furnace temperatures can reach 1,800 °C (3,300 °F)
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olafurp@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoDon’t forget industrial heat. If we had infinite electricity for free everywhere there would still be fossil fuels burned for industrial heat. We need more technology to finish it like plasma torches.
No need to despair, the technology is being actively developed and a lot of the sub 600 Celsius temps have an electric solution now.
Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Over 600 might be able to use focused sunlight? Like the tower in the middle of a solar farm? Though seems highly impractical to effectively laser that heat somewhere
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why? Is it different from “all of mankind’s energy”?
olafurp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I assumed you meant electricity since solar only makes that type of energy efficiently (and sub 100C)