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It's all a very successfully executed PR stunt. Local generation only matters in places where electricity distribution is unreliable or nonexistent (such as sho
by qq66 16y ago
It's all a very successfully executed PR stunt. Local generation only matters in places where electricity distribution is unreliable or nonexistent (such as shopping malls in India having diesel generators on site).
- tealtan 16y agothat's not true. a lot of energy is lost just trying to move electricity to another location (something like a factor of 2/3). so having local power plants would mean power has far less distance to travel, meaning you don't have to produce as much.
- uvdiv 16y agoNot true. Transmission losses are just 6.5% total. http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp#electric_rates2 http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp#electric_r...