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.


A

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