>The article in Scientific American about 4-5 months ago discussed
>the grid-loss problem, and suggested using "zero-resistance" cabling,
>superconducting cable kept at very cold temperatures,
>and shipping hydrogen gas by pipeline.

I guess the trick here is to liquefy the hydrogen at source, and pump it 
down the cable, keeping the cable superconducting ... ;)) 

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