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Old 07-19-2008, 01:42 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cfg83 View Post
Soooooo, if you were building an electricity infrastructure from scratch, then DC would be superior.
Not really. DC is good for long intertie lines carrying lots of power from point A to point B, but A/C works better when you have an interconnected web of transmission & distribution, with power being generated & used at many points along the way.
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