[haiku2077]

Electricity can be moved long distances over wires.

[bluefirebrand]

For some definition of "long distances" sure. At a certain point it basically becomes more economical to charge batteries and ship them by truck than to build wires :/

[bjourne]

HVDC losses are roughly 3.5% per 1000 km.

[bryanlarsen]

I think referring to the costs of 1 - 3 million per GW-mile.

[AnimalMuppet]

True, but the quote was actually in a paragraph about self-driving cars.

[bityard]

Easy to say, hard to do. The cost per mile rises non-linearly.

[reverendjames]

That's not correct. It's basically cost per distance, unless you're talking huge power over huge distances.

[CyberDildonics]

No it doesn't.