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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by etimberg on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @09:56PM (#26174937)
This is a lot. $1000/MWh is $1/kWh. A kWh is leaving 10 old school incandescent lightbulbs on for an hour. Usually this costs a few cents.
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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:03PM (#26175018)
I live in a state that doesn't exactly prioritize low consumer energy costs to put it mildly and my first thought was "$1/kwh is high but sounds reasonable if there's a massive supply restriction and demand spike at the same time". Goes to show you the power of anchoring.
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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by refurb on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:40PM (#26175887)
A single 60W bulb draws 0.06 kWh. So not 10 bulbs, but 17 bulbs.
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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by jagger27 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:15AM (#26176164)
100W bulbs used to be common and standard.
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