John Nichols wrote 
"Half to generate electricity that is only 25 percent
efficient"

It is actually 35 % efficient in old power plants and
50 % in combined cycle gas fired power plants.
So the average efficiency should be somewhere around
40 %.

Madan



--- John Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:00:40 +1100
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: John Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [USMA:24559] (no subject)
> 
> Thanks
> Did you know the USA uses 105 EJ of energy per year.
>  Half to generate 
> electricity that is only 25 percent efficient.
> 
> 
> John Nichols  BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust),
> Chartered Professional 
> Engineer
> Assistant Professor
> Texas A&M University
> Department of Construction Science
> Langford AC
> Rm: A414   MD 3137
> College Station, TX 77843-3137
> 
> Electronic mail:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Telephone:         979 845 6541
> Facsimile:          979 862 1572
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