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> until you realise there is a built-in assumption of 4,000 kWh/month homes. No idea where you got that figure - you're off by a factor of four. https://www.g
by KennyBlanken 2y ago
> until you realise there is a built-in assumption of 4,000 kWh/month homes.
No idea where you got that figure - you're off by a factor of four.
https://www.google.com/search?q=US+electic+usage+per+home https://www.google.com/search?q=US+electic+usage+per+home
For example:
> The U.S. Energy Information Administration notes that the average homeowner used about 914 kWh per month in energy
and https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/electricity-use-in-homes.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/electricit...
It should be noted that the average for an apartment unit in most of the country is half that, and a substantial portion (40%) of the US population lives in apartments.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoPerhaps they are conflating it with annual electricity consumption, which is about 4000 kwh per capita per year https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49036 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49036
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> No idea where you got that figure - you're off by a factor of four From facts, yes. Forgot where I recently saw it, but it was in the amount of energy a datacentre in the South burns. Work backwards from the PR stats, and you get a moderately-large American house’s energy footprint.