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The prices in that table are different from the one in the source they cite: https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/electricity_prices/ As expected, with the correct numbers, countries without gas, oil or nuclear have comparable electricity cost(they buy it from the french, etc...).
Did you downloaded the April ‘23 table ? The page shows the prices for September ‘22. Updated data is available per payment.
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I've lived all over the UK, houses and apartments, and never had air-con. You might get a week or so during summer when it's quite hot but then a large fan is sufficient.
Yeah whereas in the southern U.S. a lack of air conditioning is a medical emergency. It gets insanely hot down there!
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-…
> 2164 sq. ft vs. 818 sq. ft > Which sure would explain that difference. The amount of stoves, fridges and washing machines do not scale with area though. You would expect larger houses having lower power use per square excluding electric heating and AC.
[1]: https://www.directenergy.com/learning-center/what-uses-most-...
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Nope, electric heating uses much more power than air conditioning.
By far more energy goes to heating than air conditioning, but a lot of heating in the US is natural gas (or oil in the northeast), especially in the colder places. About 43% of household energy use is heating and only 8% is air conditioning.[1] But for overall household electricity use, air conditioning is 17% and heating is 15% (all houses, not just all-electric houses). [2] [1] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/u…
I'm incredibly lucky to live in Quebec, Canada: 100% green hydro power at low rates. Tarif D has the first 40kwh at 6.509 Canadian cent/kWh, then 10.041 [0] It's also state owned. From what I've seen it's the best combo of green and pricing in the world. 0: https://www.hydroquebec.com/residential/customer-space/rates...
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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By far more energy goes to heating than air conditioning, but a lot of heating in the US is natural gas (or oil in the northeast), especially in the colder places. About 43% of household energy use is heating and only 8% is air conditioning.[1] But for overall household electricity use, air conditioning is 17% and heating is 15% (all houses, not just all-electric houses). [2] [1] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/u…
Until I started working in the energy industry, I never considered that even gas heating consumes a lot of electricity because of the blower fan and ignition coils. Our blower fan is 0.5 HP, which is over 300 W. The bulk of our electricity expense has been on heat, even though we have gas heat!
Just had a look at my recent electricity bill. 35 UK pence per kWh that will be like 43 US cents at current rate. (not 27 like on the list) Not sure what it costs in Germany at the moment but that is well above 39 cents making Germany on top the list.
I'm incredibly lucky to live in Quebec, Canada: 100% green hydro power at low rates. Tarif D has the first 40kwh at 6.509 Canadian cent/kWh, then 10.041 [0] It's also state owned. From what I've seen it's the best combo of green and pricing in the world. 0: https://www.hydroquebec.com/residential/customer-space/rates...
And also incapable of repairing power lines, apparently