[JumpCrisscross]

> What would the American version be? Hamburger patties cooked? Smartphones charged? Highway miles driven?

We tend to use homes powered. Which seems logical enough, until you realise there is a built-in assumption of 4,000 kWh/month homes.

[KennyBlanken]

> until you realise there is a built-in assumption of 4,000 kWh/month homes.

No idea where you got that figure - you're off by a factor of four.

https://www.google.com/search?q=US+electic+usage+per+home

For example:

> The U.S. Energy Information Administration notes that the average homeowner used about 914 kWh per month in energy

and https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/electricit...

It should be noted that the average for an apartment unit in most of the country is half that, and a substantial portion (40%) of the US population lives in apartments.

[s1artibartfast]

Perhaps they are conflating it with annual electricity consumption, which is about 4000 kwh per capita per year

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49036

[JumpCrisscross]

> No idea where you got that figure - you're off by a factor of four

From facts, yes. Forgot where I recently saw it, but it was in the amount of energy a datacentre in the South burns. Work backwards from the PR stats, and you get a moderately-large American house’s energy footprint.

[mgkimsal]

holy tamole...

I think we use around 700-1000/month most months. who is using 4000/month?

[mgkimsal]

Replying to myself:

I guess... there's only two adults in the house here, and a 2000 sq ft house with two heating/cooling units (up/down) and relatively modern windows/sealing.

I think this month will be 1200, and I think we'll have a couple more 1000-1200 kw/h months up ahead.

EDIT: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/electricit.... This shows the average being 10500 kw/h/year, which seems to be in line with our use case. That average is including all housing types (apartments, detached homes, etc).

[dgacmu]

1) big houses in the south with lots of AC.

2) at least one house in Pittsburgh that runs a few GPU servers for its owner's startup. ;) (not quite 4000, but over 3000 this month including our normal use and ac)

[lsaferite]

I live in a 1900sqft house of 4 people (and lots of electronics) in FL and we used 2477kwh last billing period. Our low period is about 1370kwh.

[WarOnPrivacy]

Our lowest/highest are 1800/3300 for a 6 adult FL household. Our lower number was 1700 but our winters keep warming.