"Ed Huntress" wrote: Efficiency of large power-plant generators runs
around 98%, shaft input
power to electrical output.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do you have any kind of ballpark figure of the efficiency of the
distributionn grid, from the generator terminals to the average consumer? I
would like to know this, because when people talk about the cleanliness of
electric cars, they frequently forget that there is CO2 coming out the
stacks at the power plant. Steam generation plants run MUCH cleaner than
automotive IC engines, but how much of that advantage do we lose in the
grid?