That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the atmosphere

Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by milliams on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:31PM (#36296232)

I think you missed the

  PER YEAR

part. 3500 kwh per year is only 292 kwh per month, which is about three times lower than the US number quoted.

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Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by wyager on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:44PM (#36296449)

I didn't miss that. I'm saying it's concerning that Germany's energy availability is so impoverished. To quote myself:

> I wonder what it would take to get German energy consumption up to a better level.

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Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by Timon3 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @06:55AM (#36308296)

What is bad about using less energy? What is good about using more?

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Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by wyager on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:19PM (#36320075)

Energy usage is synonymous with level of civilization. I like civilization.

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Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by Timon3 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:16AM (#36322069)

And yet, america uses much more. Shouldn't that give you a pause? :)

Jokes aside, you're describing a correlation. America does not seem "more civilized" to me, you guys are just wasteful. Wasted energy does not lead to more civilization.

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Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by wyager on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:43PM (#36364980)

> Shouldn't that give you a pause?

No; It's completely consistent with my model. America is more advanced by a huge margin. It's also evidently a more desirable place to live; the Germany-to-USA migration rate is something like 3x the other direction.

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