Americans are using less energy by staying at home
Americans are using less energy -- paradoxically, by spending more time indoors, according to a new study in the journal Joule . But researchers point out that keeping more lights on was offset by lifestyle changes that kept people inside instead of roaming around offices and retail stores -- like, say, online shopping and working from home. Despite energy consumption worldwide increasing every year, this slight uptick in American hermitage reduced national energy demand by 1.8 percent over a year. Via: The Verge Source: 'Changes in Time Use and Their Effect on Energy Consumption in the United States' -- Joule via Engadget RSS Feed "http://ift.tt/2nnnila"