Song He said this as he placed both hands on the keyboard and began typing away with practiced ease.
They had launched straight into mathematical modeling!
Xiang Xiaotong sat down beside him, propping her chin on one hand as she watched intently.
"Power has to be supplied continuously, so we need to form a cloud-piercing layout like the Star Ring. In an emergency, power can be routed to the other side of Earth through transfers between the cloud-piercing units. But too many transfer links will cause the power to drop sharply, so in daily use, we should minimize the intermediate links and rely on suitable spacing between the cloud-piercing units to relay power one by one as they rotate." Song He explained as he built the model.
"Relay power supply, grid connection, and transmission stability are a little troublesome, but it's not a major problem. I believe we can solve it in a short time. Some of the technologies used in the Gasoline Bacteria Nest Field should be quite similar."
"Current battery performance is still too poor, and battery research and development is another major headache. Let me draw a curve for you. Look, it follows this kind of arc. With current battery performance, supporting the operation of a mining site would take a tremendous amount of effort. It would be cheaper to install photovoltaic panels locally or build a power plant."
"But if battery performance reaches this point..." Song He clicked on a point along the curve with the mouse.
"Then the costs would balance out?" Xiang Xiaotong asked. "For the same amount of power, the cost of the cloud-piercing system would be close to the cost of building a local power system?"
"Exactly. As long as we can raise it a little further and improve battery performance, the