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Old 25th Apr 2007, 08:02
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Re-Heat
 
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Which do you think has more of an impact - burning oil to produce electricity to warm up power lines, to charge batteries to move a truck to push an aeroplane.... with all the attendant losses and inefficiencies all the way down the chain..

Or just burn the oil in the plane/car in the first place?
Well Mark, the power station is the most efficient form of power generation, emitting less energy as wasteful heat, and more as power than any other method. Power lines are not heated up due to high voltage of the power cables, and even including the moderate power loss through transmission it still far trumps generation at the point of usage.

Now are you prepared to backup your false statement with science, or are you content with accepting that you are just wrong?
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