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> Yet, domestic electric power use is in sharp decline. Sharp decline? EIA shows about 4.0 trillion kWh in USA and slightly increasing over the past 20 years w
by acidburnNSA 5y ago
> Yet, domestic electric power use is in sharp decline.
Sharp decline? EIA shows about 4.0 trillion kWh in USA and slightly increasing over the past 20 years with a few little dips here and there. 2020 saw a dip, but that's largely attributed to COVID.
Lights may be set, but bitcoin electricity use has been skyrocketing.
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/use-of-electricity.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/use-of-elect...
- robotresearcher 5y agoThere are ~50 million more people in the US in the same period. Maybe when normalized for population there's a drop?