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I believe that US households on average get a higher percent of their energy from electricity than do European households. For a proper comparison we need to co
by tzs 3y ago
I believe that US households on average get a higher percent of their energy from electricity than do European households. For a proper comparison we need to compare energy use, not electricity use.
The average US household used 77 million BTU of energy in 2015 [1]. That's 1.94 TOE (tons of oil equivalent).
The EU average in 2014 was 1.3 TOE. It ranged from a little under 0.5 (Malta) to around 2.7 (Luxembourg) [2]. UK and Germany were around 1.4, France around 1.7, Italy around 1.9. Belgium was just under 2.
[1] https://rpsc.energy.gov/energy-data-facts https://rpsc.energy.gov/energy-data-facts
[2] https://www.enerdata.net/publications/executive-briefing/households-energy-efficiency.html https://www.enerdata.net/publications/executive-briefing/hou...