Re:After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat
by animal531 on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @07:39AM
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Good point. For a number of years every few years there have been something that requires a lot more power. Offhand I can think of e.g. heating, fridges, televisions, microwaves, cooling, PC desktops and consoles (over many generations).
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Re:After rising for 100 years, electricity demand is flat
by volkl48 on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:56AM
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If you could drive the unit costs of electricity low enough for it to be cheaper than natural gas for heating, you could see major growth from that.
Obviously, not likely to happen anytime soon, but if the cost-reduction progression of renewables continues, it could become viable in the medium-term.
Currently it's far more expensive to heat with electric than natural gas, so most people with access to it don't use electric.