Efficiency of CPU's and tech do not drive electricity demand. If anything, we use more power for tech now than ever before. This is the direct result of cheap

Efficiency of CPU's and tech do not drive electricity demand. If anything, we use more power for tech now than ever before. This is the direct result of cheaper natural gas being on the market, which removes demand for electric heating/heat pumps, electric appliances, etc. There is also a shift in industrial use. Just this year Washington lost a large aluminum arc furnace smelter, for instance.