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I once read a statistic that the Saturn V rocket had a higher instantaneous power than the whole of the UK electrical grid. I did a bit of googling to discover
by willyt 6y ago
I once read a statistic that the Saturn V rocket had a higher instantaneous power than the whole of the UK electrical grid. I did a bit of googling to discover if that was true and I was surprised to discover that the UK used about 3-4 times more electricity in the 1970's than it does now. Presumably it's because there is hardly any industries like steel milling or metal forming and processing now. Most manufacturing is assembly of parts imported from the EU and the far east.
- philipkglass 6y agoThe UK consumes more electricity now than in the 1970s. https://www.statista.com/statistics/550592/uk-electricity-consumption-by-final-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/550592/uk-electricity-co... Consumption in 1970: 192 TWh Consumption in 2019: 295 TWh
- willyt 6y agoI don't know who statista are but their figures seem to be wrong. However I also must have misremembered. So it seems we were both wrong: The UK government says it is similar now (256983 GWh) compared to 1970. (214426 GWh) having peaked in 2003 (342308 GWh) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/historical-electricity-data https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/historic...