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Isn't it more efficient to have fewer large power plants rather than lots of little power plants (i.e. car engines)? Maybe not with the transmission loss and fa
by abrowne 13y ago
Isn't it more efficient to have fewer large power plants rather than lots of little power plants (i.e. car engines)? Maybe not with the transmission loss and factoring in the batteries...
- ams6110 13y agoLong distance utility transmission losses are around 6% according to Wikipedia. I don't know what losses there are in recharging the batteries, but it's surely not 100% efficient. I also don't know how that compares to costs (pipelines, trucking etc.) used to distribute petroleum fuels. Modern internal combustion engines with mandated emission controls are really very clean. Very likely cleaner than coal plant smokestack exhaust.