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Know the real culprits (lemmy.ml)

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[–] cogman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Caught me. Was just an easy number to pull.

But I'd argue that 2% is still something to look at. A 2% shortfall in power capacity still means you are looking at rolling blackouts to handle the demand/production mismatch. If power has to be rationed, then I'd much rather have an extra ~50k AC units running vs pretty lights for advertisements. Especially since load tends to peak during the day anyways. Shutting off the lights during the day makes sense.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

That 2% would be of what the residential ac units are using, not total. It's fraction of a fraction of a fraction. 3 % of residents deciding to not shut their ac off consumes 33% more electricity than times square.

I get the optics, and I'm in favor of forcing businesses to put residents first, but they need to do more than just shut off their lights.