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Heating with fossil fuels is a lot more efficient than heating with electricity made from fossil fuels. Power plants have an efficiency of at most 60%, the rest

Heating with fossil fuels is a lot more efficient than heating with electricity made from fossil fuels. Power plants have an efficiency of at most 60%, the rest is wasted heating the plant. Burning the fuel on-site converts 100% to heat where it's needed.

visarga 7y ago
That would only be possible if the fumes come out at environment temperature.
- anoncake 7y ago
  Right, I forgot about that. Nevertheless the efficiency is a lot higher.