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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by citrin_ru on Saturday September 21, 2024 @04:22AM (#41608454)
> Since then, the nation’s peak demand has fallen by roughly 16% due to improvements in energy efficiency.

Energy demand in UK declining because prices went up which accelerated deindustrialisation and forced people's to use less energy e. g. heat homes less .

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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by JohnVideogames on Saturday September 21, 2024 @05:06AM (#41608642)
British homes are almost exclusively heated by natural gas boilers; home heating is only a small part of the grid electrical load.
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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by citrin_ru on Saturday September 21, 2024 @05:19AM (#41608681)
Yes, gas heating is common (thought in apartment buildings electric heating is more likely) but electricity and gas prices are correlated for now.
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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by flir on Sunday September 22, 2024 @03:04PM (#41619153)
LED bulbs (90% less energy), LCD TVs (75% less energy). It adds up.
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