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TIL 70% of Saudi Arabia's electrical consumption is used for air conditioning (refindustry.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com to c/todayilearned@civilloquy.com
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[–] jerome@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

it's hot there.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

during chicago summer my power bill is mostly AC.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com 5 points 1 year 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.