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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by polycaster on Friday August 26, 2022 @10:42AM (#32608161)
Which brings us back to the original question:

> What on earth are people spending electricity on?

It's exactly that. An AC, probably one additional appliance among others, adds another 10% to the total and somehow we manage to frame this as efficient and thus the right thing to do.

Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by Tagbert on Friday August 26, 2022 @12:56PM (#32609968)
That seems an entirely reasonable incremental usage. In particular when the using A/C allows you to sleep and not running it means you get too little sleep and of poor quality. When the nights at 30-35C and the humidity high, an A/C can be a blessing.