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US power use to reach record highs in 2025 and 2026, EIA says (reuters.com)
pinkmuffinere 2 days ago [-]
Natively I would expect this to be true of every sequential year. Doesn’t really seem like news? Unless population is going to decline rapidly or something

Edit: ya, look at this plot https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/5?geo=g... The yearly peak is not moronically increasing with time, but it’s pretty close. Every year is more or less a new “record”.

add-sub-mul-div 2 days ago [-]
> The yearly peak is not moronically increasing with time,

In recent years it is when you consider most of the crypto/AI use cases. If you meant monotonically then yes, but the degree is still affected by said use cases.

pinkmuffinere 1 days ago [-]
Oh yes, should have been monotonically, lol
Braxton1980 1 days ago [-]
With LEDs light bulbs and other focuses on energy savings in devices I'm interested in this new record.
0xy 22 hours ago [-]
Power usage is associated with economic activity and progress and should not be demonized, especially as the US has been a pioneering force in the trend of appliances and technology to increase efficiency dramatically.
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