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phito 9 hours ago

In a lot of places, most of your electricity is generated by burning coal and gas.

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abhinavk 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Which are a lot more efficient than an ICE.

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orthecreedence 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Is burning the coal, delivering the electricity, and storing it in a battery that's then converted to mechanical motion more efficient than an ICE? What are the losses in delivery and storage?

	▲	blkhawk 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		there are yes, but it is still more efficient than an ICE engine. Not going to enumerate that here because that was a discussion to be had in 2010 and I am bloody tired of it.