Social media has been buzzing about the discovery of LK-99, purportedly a room-temperature superconductor that could conduct electricity with no resistance, meaning it wouldn’t require massive cooling. If true, it’d be a huge breakthrough in the fields of quantum computing and nuclear fusion, to name a few.

Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan explains why he thinks all the hype is premature because LK-99 is just too good to be true.

Excerpted from Peter’s August 10 “Zeihan on Geopolitics” newsletter:

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Is the superconductor of every Green’s dreams finally here? I hate to burst your bubble, but the LK-99 is just too good to be true.

Despite their claims, these ‘new’ studies on LK-99 have largely been dismissed by the scientific community due to inconsistencies in the methodologies used. In reality, we haven’t gotten any closer to the superconductors we’ll need for the green transition to stick.

One of the big problems with green energy comes down to transmission. Once your solar panels or wind turbines generate all this power, you still need to get it to the people who will use it. If you can’t do that, then what’s the point?

While this might not be the answer to our superconductor needs, at least this topic will get some new eyes on it and much-needed attention. And who knows, maybe it will even kickstart policy reform…