een wereldwijd elektriciteitsnet een oplossing voor veel problemen  GENI es una institución de investigación y educación-enfocada en la interconexión de rejillas de electricidad entre naciones.  ??????. ????????????????????????????????????  nous proposons la construction d’un réseau électrique reliant pays et continents basé sur les ressources renouvelables  Unser Planet ist mit einem enormen Potential an erneuerbaren Energiequellen - Da es heutzutage m` glich ist, Strom wirtschaftlich , können diese regenerativen Energiequellen einige der konventionellen betriebenen Kraftwerke ersetzen.  한국어/Korean  utilizando transmissores de alta potência em áreas remotas, e mudar a força via linha de transmissões de alta-voltagem, podemos alcançar 7000 quilómetros, conectando nações e continentes    
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Why are you concerned with transporting electricity? Why not oil or gas or coal?

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transporting electricity, transmission grids electrons, molecules, original source of generation, real-time commodity

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Electricity is the most versatile form of energy, powering nearly every modern convenience, including: refrigeration, lighting, telephones, sewage systems — even the computer you're using now!

Once the transmission grids are built, electricity can be delivered from numerous sources over great distances. In essence, you are just moving electrons to provide the services we desire. It's important to remember that electricity is a real-time commodity, being generated, transmitted and used at virtually the same instant.

If you need to transport oil, gas or coal, each must be mined or extracted, moved by rail or pipeline and then burned in a furnace. Here you are moving molecules (fossil fuels) and generating a large waste stream.

Electricity transmission/distribution grids work regardless of the original source of generation. Studies show that moving electrons instead of molecules to be superior economically and environmentally.

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