Morgans wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote
The only problem with that point of view, is that every energy
transformation and use carries a penalty of a percentage of the energy being
lost.

If the penalty is less than the gain, it's a win. There is a penalty
for producing electricity on the edge of town and wiring it to your
house vs. having your own home generator. Most of us decided that the
gain of using municipal power outweighs the penalty of having to pipe
it to our house (in which it losses power in the transit).

-Robert