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Old 07-24-12, 10:04 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
...you have the source for both electric supplies at different efficiencies...
The Source Energy Efficiency is the efficiency measured from the burning of the source fuel (usually coal in the case of electricity) to the heating of food.

Both induction cooking and non-induction will have the same losses from the prime heat source to the cooking device, but different efficiencies when cooking... so Source Energy Efficiency measures the entire chain, in all cases.

Source Energy Efficiency should be of special interest to those of us who understand that there is a link between the energy we use and it's effect on the environment, global warming for instance.

Site Energy Efficiency would be of interest to those of us who think that the chain of effects begins at the kilowatt meter and ends at the electricity bill.

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