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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by morsch on Friday August 26, 2022 @06:12AM (#32605412)
Well, infamously, German households tend to generate heat using gas, and not electricity. AC is rare. EVs are rare.

Either way, I wanted to know what the actual power draw of those signs is, and since it was given in multiples of a (German) single household, well, that's probably about the number they are working with.

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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by foepys on Friday August 26, 2022 @06:17AM (#32605453)
> Well, infamously, German households tend to generate heat using gas, and not electricity.

This often only applies to heating the rooms. Boiling/heating water for cleaning dishes and bathing is often done via electricity in a boiler.

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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by xxs on Friday August 26, 2022 @10:32AM (#32608041)
Using gas is worse than use geothermal, unless you somehow have gas powered geo thermal pumps (and still worse than solar+geo thermal). So the energy use would be higher.
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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by seiferteric on Friday August 26, 2022 @10:25AM (#32607950)
Yes which is why the 1300kWh/year is bogus. Gas usage is energy usage. If that is factored in it would be much higher I am sure.
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