Post AaMRi9E56jmFVBuzHU by tilton@furry.engineer
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 (DIR) Post #AaLBp6PeApC4NXf7Wy by foxhkron@cybre.club
       2023-10-01T22:59:48.390Z
       
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       TIL the average American home seems to consume a lot more electricity than German homes, after seeing that a guy on Reddit uses the same amount of kwh per month that I consume per year."In the United States, the average household uses 854 kWh of electricity per month, or 10,244 kWh of electricity per year. This means the average household uses 28 kWh of electricity every day." What do you need all those 28kwh for? o_o
       
 (DIR) Post #AaM86kTsFUmsucl4V6 by t3rminus@calamity.world
       2023-10-02T09:39:47Z
       
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       @foxhkron I’d guess it’s air conditioning in central/southern states that drives up the average. Modern homes tend to have large whole-home AC units which can’t be cheap to operate, but are necessary to avoid cooking people who are trying to live in >50°C heat.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaMRi9E56jmFVBuzHU by tilton@furry.engineer
       2023-10-02T13:12:49Z
       
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       @foxhkron US homes are larger, around 2480 square feet or 230 square meters on average, and as a result require much more heating and cooling. Additionally, air conditioning and electric clothes dryers are very common here, I have never lived in a home that didn’t have a clothes dryer. We could build much smaller and more energy efficient homes.