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Post by leoedin »

nonethewiser wrote: post #154
perardi wrote: post #84

One little thing that stuck out: The USA leads the way in terms of household electric usage in the world – an average US household consumes approximately 975 kilowatt-hours of electricity each month, three times more than for example the United Kingdom. Which got me wondering how big US domiciles are versus those in the UK. Turns out: lot of big-ass houses here in the US. https://shrinkthatfootprint.com/how-big-is-a-…

Is that an average? I had no idea it was that small in the Uk. I mean, what is the point of a house at that size? It just seems like it might as well be an apartment unit .

That average is for all domiciles, so will include apartments - even studios. I would say a "standard" 3 bed house is bigger - usually 1000-1200 square feet.

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lhopki01 wrote: post #205

What I often notice when reading articles like this is people aren't aware of how electricity is priced in different countries. When I was in the UK I had one headline figure of price per KWh that covered everything. This seems to apply in a few European countries too. In Canada however I have a price per KWh and then about 7 or so different extra charges on my bill (local access fees, trasmissions charges, rate ride…

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Post by simfree »

Scoundreller wrote: post #43
simfree wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that the base daily meter rate or monthly meter rate causing the extra $0.14/kwh cost? Sounds like your using very little power. Local grids are generally a fixed cost to maintain, if there was no base charge your neighbors would be subsidizing the maintenance of your connection to the grid. Separating fixed cost from marginal cost is the equitable solution in this case.

Yes, CAD$17 for the 190kwh itself and CAD$39 in fixed charges. hot water is central and heat is effectively central, so low direct usage (so why meter) but not too far off the average for my building. There are about a hundred units each paying a separate fixed cost in one building. Anyone that thinks the cost/unit is the same to light up 100 detached homes is crazy. But that’s how the government regulated the billin…

Damn, your using very little power. All power use under thr first 500kWh is discounted here in Seattle, your not even burning half that in a month.

Sounds like you live in an apartment or condo tho with other heavy power draws like heat offloaded, which is rare these days. Most rental buildings here got rid of central heat and left each tenant to fend for themselves with inefficient baseboard electric heat.

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Post by tfourb »

jacquesm wrote: post #183
esrauch wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it uninhabitable? Maybe some specific areas in Arizona / New Mexico, the South Eastern US was already established States before air conditioning was even invented.

Yes, but not by these quantities of people. Critical infrastructure would be much harder to keep alive without AC and the same goes for the elderly. I would expect the average lifespan of the region to take a serious hit during a prolonged power outage in summer.

There are plenty of places where people live in hotter/more humid conditions. US dwellings and lifestyles are simply very badly adapted at natural conditions and the gap is made up for by expending energy.

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Post by jacquesm »

haxxorfreak wrote: post #185
jacquesm wrote: post #179

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0.96 $CAD doesn't seem all that cheap.

I think they made an error converting cents to dollars, I just checked BC Hydro's rate and it's actually $0.0959 CAD (9.59 cents ) for the first 1,350 kWh in a month (Step 1) then raises to $0.1422 after that (Step 2).[1] [1] https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/rates-energy-use/el...

Ah that makes a lot more sense. Thank you!

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Post by amatecha »

Too bad about that "share of electricity from low-carbon sources" chart[0] -- using a gradient of the same color makes it really hard to see the difference between, say, 80% and 100% when looking at the map... Would have been nice if they used a color palette with more contrast!

[0] https://www.electricrate.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/elec...

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Post by luckylion »

tfourb wrote: post #48
luckylion wrote: post #33

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Wind is strong in Northern Germany. It's mostly taxes and taxes being taxed additionally by other taxes, a good chunk of that was/is for transitioning to green energy and subsidizing home solar.

The EEG (surcharge on the electricity bill to subsidize the installation of both commercial and private wind and solar generation) has been phased out as of 1. July 2022. According to [1], about 75% of the price per kw/h in Germany is shared between the producer of the electricity and the owner of the network. As the market for electricity is completely liberalized, those can be any of hundreds of companies. The rest…

Thank you for the correction, I wasn't up to date with my information.

The price hasn't budged -- is that because it only reflects changes in gas pricing long-term, or is someone else pocketing the part the state used to take?

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Post by pythonguython »

dave333 wrote: post #218

All this electricity consumption is going to become very very cheap in the near future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ltgeNx7es

I don’t know anything about hydrinos, so I’m not qualified to evaluate your link myself. However, the Wikipedia page [1] has nothing good to say about that company. That video makes all my scam alarms go off.

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_Light_Power

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Post by Symbiote »

jacquesm wrote: post #183
esrauch wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it uninhabitable? Maybe some specific areas in Arizona / New Mexico, the South Eastern US was already established States before air conditioning was even invented.

Yes, but not by these quantities of people. Critical infrastructure would be much harder to keep alive without AC and the same goes for the elderly. I would expect the average lifespan of the region to take a serious hit during a prolonged power outage in summer.

I can see an underground metro requires air conditioning, but for most other things there are people in developing countries with higher temperatures who live without it.
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