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Originally Posted by shedcoupe

Because you get petrol from a petrol station and (electric) power from a power station.
And sheep from a sheep station.

Yes, I understand that, but I think you've missed my point. We use petrol as a source of power for vehicles. We use gas to generate heat (power). But we don't call those plants power plants. The product a coal fired power station delivers is electricity which is then used as a power source.

For the record, I'm an electrical engineer and work at a coal fired power station, so I'm pretty au fait with the concept of electrical power.