I agree with the gist of the article, and the figures are mostly right; but the opening comparison is a bit disingenuous [1]. The figure of 13000 kWh per year i

I agree with the gist of the article, and the figures are mostly right; but the opening comparison is a bit disingenuous [1]. The figure of 13000 kWh per year is indeed ridiculous, but apparently the U.S. and Canada are quite the outliers in this regard: every other OECD country consumes on average at most half of that --in Germany, for instance, it's less than a third of that (around 3500 kWh per year). It's still an orders-of-magnitude difference of course, but a less gargantuan gap nonetheless. [1] http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity-consumption http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity...