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>70% of the power generated by a coal plant is wasted in the transmission line before it reaches your home ...that sounds like an order of magnitude too high.
by xrange 12y ago
>70% of the power generated by a coal plant is wasted in the transmission line before it reaches your home
...that sounds like an order of magnitude too high. Here's couples of sites that claims that the number is 6%-7%.
http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=105&t=3 http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=105&t=3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission#Losses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission#Los...
- dpierce9 12y agoI think the 70% number includes inefficiencies associated with the generation cycle. A coal plant efficiency is around 35-40% subtract off transmission losses and you are close.