Comment on TIL the cost of transporting energy around
Tobberone@feddit.nu 5 hours agoI would think that the graph would be rather different had it been “last kilometer”? I’d expect to see electricity at the bottom there.
Comment on TIL the cost of transporting energy around
Tobberone@feddit.nu 5 hours agoI would think that the graph would be rather different had it been “last kilometer”? I’d expect to see electricity at the bottom there.
DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 2 hours ago
All those fuel stations you have to build and operate… And the energy losses to move your car to those fuel stations.
Indeed, this paper seems to calculate around the goal of making powerlines look costly by cutting it to a dedicated process step. If you look at it end-to-end process from production to consumption transportation, it very likely looks different