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Has U.S. Electricity Lost Its Spark?
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| 03-04-2020
| Leonard
Posted on 03/04/2020 1:12:10 PM PST by bananaman22
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To: treetopsandroofs
Dont laugh. I attended electoral college to earn my electioneering degree.
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posted on
03/04/2020 4:09:02 PM PST
by
The_Media_never_lie
( Bernie Ripoffski Sanders never held an honest job for any length of time!)
To: SoftwareDeveloper
Looks like you qualify for the super cheapskate club!I love being frugal. Glad to see others doing the same.
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posted on
03/04/2020 4:17:00 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: bananaman22
Ha!
I started to guess re. the reason for electricity usage decrease but decided to read the article first. Turned out my guess was accurate but also picked up some factors I had not considered.
The prime drivers for the were increased efficiencies in consumer products (thank you Energy Star!) and computer farms. In both of these areas, as legacy products age out they are being replaced with much higher efficiency products and first time installations are pretty much 100% high efficiency products.
To: steve86
Our new electric furnace and water heater draw about the same number of watts as old. Why would that change? The only difference could be insulation.
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posted on
03/04/2020 6:13:26 PM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
To: Gay State Conservative
"If electricity use drops...nationwide and on a long term basis...its obvious that power companies will raise the price of power (on a kWh basis) to maintain peak demand capabilities." They can't.....regulated utilities can only raise rates after getting state approval.
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03/05/2020 1:31:21 PM PST
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Wonder Warthog
(The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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