That’s not consumption, that’s agony.
Comment on Electricity Consumption
RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 10 months 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 10 months ago
x00z@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It also neglects rubbing on some fabrics and shocking friends and family with the charged static electricity.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Those people were condemned as witches. Best not to think about it.
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
We have a bit of electricity in our nervous systems too, yes?
Sergio@piefed.social 10 months ago
Yeah, there's electricity in the brain, for example.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
there’s electricity in the air when I’m with you
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 10 months 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.