Generating Electricity with a Windmill Located Next to a Home

question 53

Multiple Choice

Generating electricity with a windmill located next to a home

• A)is more efficient than transmitting electricity over long distances.
• B)is less efficient than at a distance,because the wind draws heat away from the home.
• C)increases the energy lost,according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
• D)depends upon a hydroturbogenerator spinning a magnetic field within copper wire.

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