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Originally Posted by 1990C4S View Post
The efficiency of a generating station is far superior to a car. ...
Is it? I know that Toyota is getting over 40% thermal efficiency in the Prius IC, and Mercedes is getting over 50% TE in a race motor.

So, honest Q; what kind of efficiency from a hydrocarbon based generating station, power delivered with line and transformer loss?
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