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by eranimo 2417 days ago
The wind is always blowing somewhere.
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cm2187 2417 days ago
Tell that to someone stuck in a lift because of a power cut 1000km from where it blows.
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heavyset_go 2417 days ago
What are the transmission power losses over large stretches of land?
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xyzzyz 2417 days ago
2/3rds of the electricity produced in the US is lost in transmission: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained//us-energy-facts/

EDIT: this is actually wrong, I misinterpreted the diagram, see the comment below.

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ggm 2417 days ago
Go look at https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/flow/electr...

I believe you mis-quoted the figures. You rolled up total conversion costs and bloated them into transmission losses.

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