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TIL 70% of Saudi Arabia's electrical consumption is used for air conditioning (refindustry.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

it's hot there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Sam Kinison had a great bit about world hunger that applies to this topic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How much of it is offset by solar? Especially there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

About half a percent of their electricity comes from solar: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-source-and-country?stackMode=absolute&country=~SAU

61% of their electricity comes from oil-fired power plants like Rabigh IPP-1, which both generates power and desalinates water.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

During the Florida summer I'd bet my power bill is mostly AC as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

during chicago summer my power bill is mostly AC.