[resolutebat]

Fun fact: average household electricity consumption in Florida is among the lowest in the US. [1] This is because heating generally requires more power than air-con, and indeed, the average British home uses 12,000 kWh on heating, vs. on the order of 8,000 for air-conditioning the the average Florida home. This is despite Florida using 4x more power for air-con than the US average, and that the average Florida home is a lot larger than an average UK home.

[1] https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/reports/2009/sta...

[mrb]

Actually, your reference [1] states the opposite: Florida's "annual electricity expenditures are 40% more than the U.S. average"... which is caused by air conditioning.

I think you meant to state that Florida's energy (not electricity) expenditures are amongst the lowest in the US.

[resolutebat]

Sorry, you're right: FL has low energy consumption but high electricity consumption. The point still stands though, it's still better for the environment to live in FL and use air-con than to live in the UK and heat your house through the winter.

[jameson71]

This is kind of messed up as it makes global warming cheap to avoid the felt effects

[jquery]

Wow, I had no idea Floridians cared so much about the environment.

[ikt]

Neither did they!