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Now you are conflating primary energy usage and what the consumers need. Any thermal engine is cooling away 40-80% of the energy. For coal it is about 60% to 7
by Gwypaas 4y ago
Now you are conflating primary energy usage and what the consumers need.
Any thermal engine is cooling away 40-80% of the energy. For coal it is about 60% to 70% depending on if the plant uses supercritical steam or not.
- fwlr 4y agoI am gesturing at the scale of things using readily available numbers and napkin math. Feel free to shift my conclusions an order of magnitude in your preferred direction.
- Gwypaas 4y agoThe scale is quite manageable. https://assets.weforum.org/editor/t61Gval6jNxKl0xG9POelafG3Hd8xXeguLdVcHzSUz4.PNG https://assets.weforum.org/editor/t61Gval6jNxKl0xG9POelafG3H... https://i.imgur.com/JYMNAWR.png https://i.imgur.com/JYMNAWR.png