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Power plants are way more efficient, transfer loses are way exaggerated, and most of the energy will be soon provided by only renewable sources. EDIT: and acco
by KptMarchewa 5y ago
Power plants are way more efficient, transfer loses are way exaggerated, and most of the energy will be soon provided by only renewable sources.
EDIT: and according to this [0], most of New York's electricity is already carbon free.
[0] https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=NY#tabs-4 https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=NY#tabs-4
- beervirus 5y agoPower plants are more efficient at generating electricity, mechanical work, etc. than small generators. They are certainly not more efficient at generating heat than just burning the gas is.
- dml2135 5y agoWhy not? When you use a stove, look how much of the flame is open, and take note of how much heat is being thrown off and not going into your food. When gas is burned in a plant, much more of that heat is captured. But it’s really a moot point, because the goal is to change the power plants to clean energy sources anyway.
- imgabe 5y agoQuantify "way more efficient". How many cubic meters of natural gas do I need to burn to produce a given number of joules of heat at point of use vs. at a power plant? It's not just transfer losses. The power plant has to heat water to steam, use the steam to turn a turbine. There's losses all along that process vs. directly using the heat where you want to heat something.
- joshuamorton 5y agoAs has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, until about 0 degrees F, electric heat pumps generate more BTU per watt than burning natural gas in your room. And the power plant is far more efficient at capturing the heat than the furnace in your home or building.