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There are transmission losses when moving electricity along wires (I seem to recall it's up to 10-12% on long-distance lines in the US). But the electrons don'
by chiph 14y ago
There are transmission losses when moving electricity along wires (I seem to recall it's up to 10-12% on long-distance lines in the US).
But the electrons don't do stuff like bypass entire streets...
- cmelbye 14y agoYeah I mean certainly power can't travel forever in long distance wires, but the "electrons" we're passing right by a side street when they got to an intersection. There was no issue in other cities when I starting exporting that extra power to them.