ENERGY LOSSES FROM PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE TO END USE
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FIGURE 2.17 Energy losses from a coal-fired generating station to a 60-watt incandescent light bulb. (Data from Graus et al., 2007; Leff, 1990; Agrawal et al., 1996) Energy losses from an ethanol-producing biofuels plant, which uses corn kernels as the feedstock, to a car driven by an internal combustion engine running on ethanol. (Data from Huang et al., 2011)