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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago despite using only 20kWh/month Uh, that’s really a lot.
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days ago According to the US EIA as of 2022, the average annual amount of electricity sold to a U.S. residential electric-utility customer was 10,791 kilowatt-hours (kWh), or an average of about 899 kWh per month. You think using 2.2% of that is excessive?
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoNo, watt, not kilowatt. And US is an outlier by far, with 12 kw/month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society
Uh, that’s really a lot.
You think using 2.2% of that is excessive?
No, watt, not kilowatt. And US is an outlier by far, with 12 kw/month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society