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Actually, power lines aren't necessarily clean because they have significant losses, and would cause more emissions if they carried FF-generated electricity tho
by throwaway3627 7y ago
Actually, power lines aren't necessarily clean because they have significant losses, and would cause more emissions if they carried FF-generated electricity thousands of miles (losses as high as 60%). A better strategy is generating as close to consumption as possible, e.g., solar/wind/etc. right next to consumption to minimize losses.
- r00fus 7y agoDo you have a cite for the 60% loss? Perusing Google shows 8-15% average, so that's a hell of an outlier. Gas engines on the other hand, have a maximum carnot efficiency of about 40% (that's 60%+ power loss there), which doesn't include extracting/transporting/storing as well as the kind of unplanned of losses this article talks about.