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		runamok on Aug 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California Has a Plan to End the Auto Industry as ... A huge amount of energy in gasoline is wasted as heat. About 70%. Electric plants lose much less energy due to reusing the heat fairly efficiently. There are some losses due to power transmission there of course. Keep in mind some electricity that ends up in cars would/should come from renewable sources... http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/atv.shtml

runamok on Aug 3, 2015 [–]

FYI the losses of different power plants vary greatly but are higher than I thought. http://www.brighthubengineering.com/power-plants/72369-compa...

zaitcev on Aug 3, 2015 | [–]

All is left for you is to learn why resistive losses on the order of about 30% are necessary for the (unbuffered) electric grid to function at all.

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