Bitcoin consumes 2nd highest electricity per capita
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#3The other amazing thing in that tweet is that Norway uses more energy per capita than the next three countries combined? Double the USA? What is the explanation there?
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#4The other amazing thing in that tweet is that Norway uses more energy per capita than the next three countries combined? Double the USA? What is the explanation there?
99% is renewable from hydro power. I would say they reached their goal.
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#5The other amazing thing in that tweet is that Norway uses more energy per capita than the next three countries combined? Double the USA? What is the explanation there?
Norway's cold and rich?
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#6Based on screenshots posted to an unverified twitter account? Why would this get upvotes?
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#7The other amazing thing in that tweet is that Norway uses more energy per capita than the next three countries combined? Double the USA? What is the explanation there?
Could it be a lot if electric heating instead of fossil fuels? Pure guess.
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#8The other amazing thing in that tweet is that Norway uses more energy per capita than the next three countries combined? Double the USA? What is the explanation there?
I was curious too. Quick Googling shows this breakdown of energy usage by sector and source: https://energifaktanorge.no/en/norsk-energibruk/energibruken...
The Tweet is specifically about electricity (kWh). It appears Norway uses mostly electricity in applications where other countries might use more natural gas (heating). This is likely because Norway has plentiful clean hydroelectric electricity, so they export their natural gas instead of burning it.
This inflates their electricity consumption numbers but given the mostly hydroelectric source and reduced fossil fuel burning it’s actually a net win.
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#9Based on screenshots posted to an unverified twitter account? Why would this get upvotes?
The source is in the very next tweet.
https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s12599-020-00656-x?sh...
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#10I wonder what the energy consumption is from things like video games and brainless media (tiktok, mindless YT videos, etc).