The apparent increase in electricity consumption we are seeing is direct result of greehouse gases. Imagine the power lines etc a great big pipe , the size, construction and speed at which the electricty moves around makes it pretty efficient, until it goes past your meter. When it gets in your house the wiring uses old technology and materials that were designed before the increase in greenhouse gas emmission. Essentially the insulation, due to increased GHG is just not properly insulating and your electricity is leaking out into the atmosphere, turning your apliances off does not help as the power still runs to them and leaks out of the cables, imagine a plumbing sytem full of thousands of miniscule leaks...that is where your electricity is going.
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