Question

Why is alternating current more effective at long–distance travel than direct current?

Answer 1

Because we can send high voltage, low current which is more efficient since large amounts of current in the line causes power inefficiencies. AC can be transformed locally to high current lower voltage

Answer 2

forget the person who answered first lol.

For PLATO users: The actual answer: Transformers increase and decrease voltage as needed.

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