Given that a portable electric generator and a oil power plant that supplies the grid runs on the same kind of fuel (oil), why does electricity from the generator cost 5 times more ($0.64 per kWh vs. $0.12 per kWh)?

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Anonymous Sat Jun 30 00:22:35 2018 No.9839476 [Reply] [Original]

Given that a portable electric generator and a oil power plant that supplies the grid runs on the same kind of fuel (oil), why does electricity from the generator cost 5 times more ($0.64 per kWh vs. $0.12 per kWh)?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 30 00:28:30 2018 No.9839487 >>9839476 Efficiency. Bigger powerplants can be made more efficient.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 30 02:04:42 2018 No.9839627 >>9839476 I reckon the big power plant runs hotter and burns the fuel more completely, and less of the energy escapes.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 30 19:50:51 2018 No.9841031 File: 35 KB, 396x388, 1524867542361.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9839476 holy shit >I dont know what thermodynamics is the post Please be bait

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 13 10:11:34 2021 No.9841031,1 Which one do you recommend for camping?

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