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> ... (i.e. 2 kWh per hour or 48 kWh per day) ... That's just over 1400 kWh per month. As a reference of personal and immediate consumption, most central- and
by daneel_w 4y ago
> ... (i.e. 2 kWh per hour or 48 kWh per day) ...
That's just over 1400 kWh per month. As a reference of personal and immediate consumption, most central- and north European apartment dwellers consume around 2000 kWh per year.
Anecdote: my household - two adults, two terrible cats, dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer, no TV, two bicycles and feet instead of a car - have consumed 160-170 kWh per month steadily, around the year, for as long as I can recall.
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- fuzzy2 4y agoMaybe continue reading a little…? > The concept addresses not only personal or household energy use, but the total for the whole society, including embodied energy, divided by the population. Filling up my car’s gas tank once is roughly 444 kWh in fuel value alone. Add to that gas refining, logistics and whatnot.
- daneel_w 4y agoI read all of it, not just a little of it. I'm commenting on personal, immediate consumption.
- fuzzy2 4y agoBefore you edited your comment, it was purely about average consumption of grid electricity. However, that’s not even the “personal, immediate consumption”. It’s just… grid electricity. You eat. You have clothes, devices, machines that had to be made and shipped. You heat your dwelling. Everything counts. It’s sometimes hard to quantify what this means, a lot of amortization is always going on.
- daneel_w 4y agoPlease don't go on the Internet and tell other people what they meant. My comment says APARTMENT DWELLERS for a reason, to contrast with e.g. house owners, whose needs are vastly different. I edited and added/clarified with "personal immediate consumption" because either you were nitpicking or I wasn't clear enough with "apartment dwellers".
- nicoburns 4y agoThat's all very well, but the 48kw/h number you quote is not only talking about those things. Hence your comment that it's high is not very relevant. It's not so high once those other things are included.
- temptemptttt 4y ago
- lm28469 4y agoIt specifically mentions that it's about the overall energy used (housing+food+car+plane+&c.). 2000kWh per year in europe is just about household consumption
- daneel_w 4y agoYes: personal immediate consumption.