[NCLUG] Re: "Green" power

[danbob]

Just as a point of order, Sean, the average utility grid losses as heat
in the USA are 9.5 percent, between the power plant and your electric
meter. So "almost 100% efficient" is not correct, and that 9.5% is
heating the great outdoors.
DAN FINK
Renewable Energy Consultant


> > > You're also forgetting that at least half the year we need heating around
> > > here, and a computer that is running F at H is almost 100% efficient at
> > > converting electricity into heat.  That's heat that your furnace doesn't
> > > need to generate.  So half the year it probably doesn't make sense even
> > > from a conservation standpoint.