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> Its a superconductor at just 39 , very flexible and 70% of all > electric power is wasted in transmission and these losses can be cut > to near zero with superconducting wires thereby doubling electricity > supplies from current plants
Utter crap. Losses in distribution in the US are around 8%, not 70%. Paul
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> Its a superconductor at just 39 , very flexible and 70% of all >electric power is wasted in transmission
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Now if you were to say that 70% of your electricity bill was transmission charges, that would make much more sense, albeit scandalous. Geoff. All electronic devices work on smoke. You let the smoke out, they don’t work. QED.
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>independent.co.uk March 2 >The superconductor comes of age >Over half of our electricity gets lost during transportation down >power lines, but this could be about to change >By Charles Arthur >2 March 2001
This is a classic example of the treatment of technical subjects by that rather low form of life – the journalist. In this case, the newspaper is arguably one of very high quality but obviouly even they don’t employ knowledgeable technical journalists. It really makes one doubt the veracity of *anything* they print. — John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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> Its a superconductor at just 39 , very flexible and 70% of all > electric power is wasted in transmission and these losses can be cut > to near zero with superconducting wires thereby doubling electricity > supplies from current plants > independent.co.uk March 2 > The superconductor comes of age > Over half of our electricity gets lost during transportation down > power lines, but this could be about to change > By Charles Arthur
That was a gross error. The transmission losses in sweden are roughly 7% accoring to official statistics ( http://www.scb.se/landmiljo/energi/tillforsel/arel/arealtab.asp ) Its unreasonable with losses around 50% for any country with a healthy power grid. Regards, — — Mail: Magnus Redin, Klockareg
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