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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room
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To: elmatador who wrote (70793)9/11/2006 12:51:02 PM
From: Claude  Read Replies (2) of 206092
 
"Wang says about two-thirds of the energy used to make electricity is lost before the current reaches consumers."

WOW - anyone heard this before? Is this just speaking to the efficency of generators or is it that much of the current is lost in transmission?

Anyone know?

In any case seems like apples to oranges - why speak of electricity when we are comparing gasoline and ethanol???
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