Replies to post #4274 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Zeev Hed]

70% loss is a great exaggeration,Typically, power losses are 1% per 100 miles of transmission line (at the 500,000 volt plus range, at lower voltages, the losses are greater). Ambient superconductors or equivalent materials are the best solution for this problem and I believe that within 10 to 15 years these will be reality. I cannot discuss that in public, though, so if you want to know more, you'll have to PM me (16 of my patents have to do with superconductivity).

Zeev

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Chris
I worked for PG&E for 30 years and did many "Transmission
Load Flows" and "econ studies". About 18% of the energy leaving the power plants end up as losses.
By the way the California energy crisis was caused by low
rain in the Northwest. PG&E normally gets about 25% of it's peak power during the summer from the 500kv Lines coming from the north.

Energy must be looked at from a "systems" point of view.IMHO.
Solar power actually works today in many remote areas.

IMHO. The California energy crisis was the indirect result of 5 members of the CPUC. And nothing ever happened to these 5 members.