Talk:Primary Energy

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Variation of this by country, or even in things where you take out Transportation or Rural/Remote/Construction Use (such as using gas powered equipment due to POTENTIALLY not having electricity on site, not due to that being a relevant option) would be interesting to look into.

In particular Home Energy Use potentially (in the USA Context) Comparing it State by State may be of interest.

Things such as the Duck Curve and Demand Side Load Balancing may also make the storage requirements easier.

Even just running around FeF with some Kill-a-Watt meters to see what your laptop uses, what a desk lamp uses, what a fan uses etc may be INVALUABLE in planning.

Considering getting one myself, only ~20 USD if i remember correctly although some of the reviews spooked me off; good enough for Mythbusters and [[Technology Connections (YouTube Channel) ] though, albeit might be SOME “they don’t build them like they used to” tied into that.

A Multimeter could work in a pinch/with the right adapters

Some Smart Circuit Breakers / Smart Power Bars exist, but between Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities, Privacy Issues (Both at the macro and micro levels), or even something as mundane as Cost and/or Vampire Loads all in all have me not TOO interested about those. May be a good option for the RLF or Warehouses etc

(One of the FES companies had some proprietary system+software for all that as a selling point too)

--Eric (talk) 02:40, 12 August 2025 (UTC)