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Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ... by iancmceachern on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:02AM (#26940022)
24% industrial use is in my mind.

A buddy of mine worked for a startup a few years ago that promised to go into large plants and do some trickery with the harmonic losses with the very large AC motors in a lot of the big equipment. Apparently there is a lot of losses in such things. They would install equipment to improve the situation in exchange for a portion of the energy savings over time, which was considerable.

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Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ... by TheCoelacanth on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:08AM (#26942633)
Except that also breaks down into 7% iron/steel, 3.6% chemical and oil, 1% food and tobacco and many other small categories.

Is the same solution that cuts down on carbon emissions in making steel going to cut emissions when making fertilizer?

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Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ... by iancmceachern on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @01:24PM (#26971878)
Yes, because all those plants have big AC motors driving the machinery. Any place where there is a big AC motor can benefit from this. That means most of the applications you can think of.
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