On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:24:26 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 6/13/2021 9:43 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
>
>>> The VAST majority of your electric is derived from COAL, John...
>>>
>>
>> No one seems to understand that.* Same deal with these electric cars.
>> Yes, they are not polluting locally, but on top of fossil fuel plants,
>> literally about half of all electricity is lost during transmission...
>> that's terribly inefficient, and adds up to twice of the claimed
>> pollution of whatever fossil fuel the plant burns.
>
>You need to brush up on the facts. Electricity loss is about 5% in
>transmission.
>https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=105&t=3
>The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that
>electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) losses equaled about 5%
>of the electricity transmitted and distributed in the United States in
>2015 through 2019.
>
>http://insideenergy.org/2015/11/06/l...and-your-plug/
>Energy lost in transmission and distribution: About 6% – 2% in
>transmission and 4% in distribution – or 69 trillion Btus in the U.S. in
>2013
>
>In the future, other forms of generation will take over. In our area
>solar is viable and I get some of my juice from solar.
>
>EVs have a long way to go to be ideal, but there are many new
>technologies in the works to reduce or eliminate lithium, make faster
>charging times, longer distance.
>
>People thought the automobile was just a fad for the wealthy too. It
>will take years but it will be viable.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
Bruce