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		runamok on Aug 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California Has a Plan to End the Auto Industry as ... 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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