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Human_Anybody7743 t1_j0tenkh wrote

Reply to comment by Kryosite in The IEA says humanity used the greatest amount of coal in 2022 in all of human history, and that this level of consumption will continue until at least 2025. One-third of all global coal goes to generate electricity in China, and India's coal use is growing at 6% per annum. by lughnasadh

> which leads to a lot of power loss on the way

HVDC is expensive, but not that lossy. Crossing China the losses are still dominated by the interconnect.

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