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Coal plants are more efficient than internal combustion engines.
by harryVic 9y ago
Coal plants are more efficient than internal combustion engines.
- xyzzyz 9y agoAt generating energy? Yes. At emissions per watt? Not necessarily. Coal is much, much dirtier fuel than gasoline.
- nitrogen 9y agoMetropolitan emissions per mile would be the important metric, since gasoline in cars is at most ~30% efficient, and coal plants can be built away from the city.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoModern Chinese coal plants are also more efficient than older US plants. I think after the next year or so of closures of old plants in China that China's least efficient plant will be better than the most efficient one in the US
- icc97 9y agoPlus they are built outside cities, so it moves the pollution to a less population dense area