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Amusingly the headline could also be written “2018 and 2019 electricity demand lower than 2017”
by repiret 7y ago
Amusingly the headline could also be written “2018 and 2019 electricity demand lower than 2017”
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoThe absolute peak demand in 2019 was slightly lower than the absolute peak demand in 2017. That's a bit different.
- nostromo 7y agoThat's a boring headline. Also a boring headline: "US oil use peaked fourteen years ago, in 2005." And yet, it's also true. https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_oil_consumption https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_oil_consumption So is, "US per capita energy use has been falling since 2007." https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-03-01/americans-electricity-use-just-keeps-falling https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-03-01/americ... In order to get clicks, you have to frame everything in alarmist terms.
- craftinator 7y agoA .gov site is packing headlines to get more clicks? Why do you think that is?
- brink 7y ago1 click = 1 tax
- polynomial 7y ago1 doge = 1 doge
- adventured 7y agoBecause at the bottom it says this: "Principal contributor: Mark Morey" If you're going to write something, it's nice to have it read by an audience. In the grand scheme of anything alarmist (especially these days), this headline is fairly benign. Still, I'm sure the author likes to have their contributed content read, paid attention to, like any normal person would. So you come up with a headline that differentiates, stands out in some manner, even if it's reaching a bit.
- m463 7y agoGlobal total energy use is highest it has ever been. Also, you are the oldest you have ever been. You better do something, you're not getting any younger.
- xivzgrev 7y agoCame here to say this. Have my upvote.