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The wind is always blowing somewhere.
by eranimo 7y ago
The wind is always blowing somewhere.
- heavyset_go 7y agoWhat are the transmission power losses over large stretches of land?
- xyzzyz 7y ago2/3rds of the electricity produced in the US is lost in transmission: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained//us-energy-facts/ https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained//us-energy-facts/ EDIT: this is actually wrong, I misinterpreted the diagram, see the comment below.
- ggm 7y agoGo look at https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/flow/electricity.pdf https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/flow/electr... I believe you mis-quoted the figures. You rolled up total conversion costs and bloated them into transmission losses.
- cm2187 7y agoTell that to someone stuck in a lift because of a power cut 1000km from where it blows.