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>Here's another fun thought: 6% of electricity is lost due to transmission costs. Will it be more efficient (in some cases, at least) to physically move charged
by brc 11y ago
>Here's another fun thought: 6% of electricity is lost due to transmission costs. Will it be more efficient (in some cases, at least) to physically move charged batteries from solar fields to (nearer to) end users than to send it over the wire?
No, not in this universe, anyway.
The most basic power distribution in the world is people with Ox and cart distributing lead/acid batteries to remote villages. Transmitting power this way is the least efficient way possible.
- saalweachter 11y agoI was thinking more like barges / rail cars that were essentially one giant battery, cycling back and forth. Even the most optimistic figure for current technology is still too high, about 0.03% / mile, so you only get about 200 miles (round trip) on a 6% budget. I suspect over-the-wire transmission losses are lower over that distance, but it's only a little impossible.