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With a $235 electric bill received this month, this meme is very fitting.
The Arrival of the Electric Bill
@david okeee. Our provider for energey (warm water and heating) told us, that we need to pay about 50 Euros more each month. Electricity on the other hand went down by 40 Euros and they asked us, if we want to adjust our rate to only 18 Euros/month!?!?! Sometimes I do not have to understand those things.
@carsten that, my friend, is probably the result of having harnessed the wind, and the tides, to generate electricity. Nordic countries are very good at that. Now, in Netherland's case I am not too sure, emphasis mine:
> According to Statistics Netherlands, gross electricity generation was approximately 110 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2015. Fossil fuel-fired power plants produced over 80% of the electricity in the Netherlands, mainly natural gas (42%) and coal (35%). More than 12%** of the Netherland's electricity is generated from renewable sources, mainly biomass and waste (5% of the total) and wind (7%** of the total). The Dutch power system is connected to Belgium and Germany, as well as to Norway and the United Kingdom via high voltage lines that run along the North Sea bed.
@david Interesting comparison of how much the average worker had to work to pay for an hour of 100W bulb equivalent of light through the times: The Cost of Light Through the Ages Spoiler: The Babylonians 1750 B.C. had to work 400 hours, we know have to work less than a second, so basically it's free.
@lyse ah, poor Babylonians! It is very consoling to know I can get a 100W light bulb being lit for an hour basically free. Most of our bulbs are LEDs, with a max of 65W. It is other appliances the ones killing us. 😩