"Rejected" does not mean that the energy gets sent back to the producer like a parcel. "For a coal fired power station, for instance, about 2/3 of the energy r

"Rejected" does not mean that the energy gets sent back to the producer like a parcel. "For a coal fired power station, for instance, about 2/3 of the energy released when the coal is burnt is discarded as heat in the environment. This reject energy sometimes appears as clouds of vapour coming off a power-station’s cooling towers, such as the well-known ones at Didcot in England." -- https://energycultures.org/2014/07/rejected-energy-much-energy-unloved/ https://energycultures.org/2014/07/rejected-energy-much-ener...