> here are no large transmission losses, because you don't need to transmit the power. You've misunderstood the argument: "being close to" implies that the ele

> here are no large transmission losses, because you don't need to transmit the power. You've misunderstood the argument: "being close to" implies that the electricity would otherwise go to waste. But because transmission losses are low, distances to markets aren't as large as one might believe, and the Chinese weren't stupid enough to build hydroelectric dams in places where the energy would uselessly go to waste, that argument is wrong.