This map is very inaccurate, as it neglects those who had consumed electrical energy through lightning striking them. That cooked flesh didn’t come for free!
Electricity Consumption
Submitted 5 hours ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 4 hours ago
x00z@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
It also neglects rubbing on some fabrics and shocking friends and family with the charged static electricity.
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 1 hour ago
We have a bit of electricity in our nervous systems too, yes?
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 hours ago
Those people were condemned as witches. Best not to think about it.
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
They just took the aggregate population, and rounded down based on kWh.
tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
it is not completely useless as it seems to give an accurate portrayal of geopolitical boundaries at the time.
jayemar@sh.itjust.works 11 minutes ago
Agreed, I just wish they’d labeled that countries, or whatever the equivalents were
nexguy@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
It would be useful to see electricity consumption by source. A breakdown by hydro, fossil fuels, nuclear…etc would be more useful.
ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
i dunno. with all those carpets and tapestries, there must have been some static sparks somewhere!
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Western Sahara with the rare reporting in.
merc@sh.itjust.works 51 minutes ago
It would be interesting (if the data was available) to see the energy consumption in Europe at that time: windmills, horses drawing carts, cooking fires, etc.