peter d
Senior Member
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- New England
I read an interesting statistic in a National Geographic article a while back that I found interesting. It said that for every watt of power delivered, two are lost in supplying it. It didn't break down the loss beyond that, nor did it explain how it arrived at that figure.
That immediately struck me as being very wasteful and inefficient, so I questioned the accuracy of the statistic. Yet, as I thought about it I have no reason to doubt it as I do know between generation and transmission there is tremendous loss, particularly on the generation side. I just didn't realize it could be that high.
Thoughts?
That immediately struck me as being very wasteful and inefficient, so I questioned the accuracy of the statistic. Yet, as I thought about it I have no reason to doubt it as I do know between generation and transmission there is tremendous loss, particularly on the generation side. I just didn't realize it could be that high.
Thoughts?