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Old 10-02-2009, 05:13 PM   #43 (permalink)
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teleman, electric cars are not exactly far fetched. And there are many efficiencies to be gained by doing the power generating at a single location (i.e. powerplant) vs countless smaller petrol engines.

The transmission lines do make a fair bit of heat overall but they are working on that too, i.e. high voltage DC.
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