That’s not consumption, that’s agony.
Comment on Electricity Consumption
RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 23 hours ago
This map is very inaccurate, as it neglects those who had consumed electrical energy through lightning striking them. That cooked flesh didn’t come for free!
ladicius@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
They just took the aggregate population, and rounded down based on kWh.
x00z@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
It also neglects rubbing on some fabrics and shocking friends and family with the charged static electricity.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, used electric fish for medical treatments.
Thales of Miletus discovered static electricity (600 BC) by rubbing amber and observing its ability to attract light objects.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 21 hours ago
Those people were condemned as witches. Best not to think about it.
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 20 hours ago
We have a bit of electricity in our nervous systems too, yes?
Sergio@piefed.social 17 hours ago
Yeah, there's electricity in the brain, for example.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
there’s electricity in the air when I’m with you