Electricity consumption at home, what is your consumption?

If my children become average, my child and I still only need 1/5 of you, right?

Just THAT alone is already a noble goal that you might only perhaps achieve, whatever "average" means when it comes to children

But just because you have 10x as much money, do you also have to consume 10x as many resources?
You could afford environmental protection too

I really offer myself, even transparently here for everyone to read, so that you can implement EXACTLY THAT.
From what I read, I can assume that you have about 150 times as much money available as some people abroad I know.
Therefore my question to the missionary: DO YOU HAVE to consume so many resources just because you have 150 times more money than they do?
"You could afford environmental protection too" (your quote), I am happy to help you with that as well, those people would thank you from the heart.
No, of course you don’t do that.
YOU see yourself as the standard, as the benchmark of what is appropriate. That might fit in your settlement, but ecology applies worldwide and there we are all dirtbags, you too.

My statement referred to indifference.

Open your eyes even wider and you will see that you yourself are indifferent too... just in a different comparison group. I know people who live in 70 sqm and need more electricity than I do in 200 sqm. Constantly 23/24 degrees, not me. Do you ride a bike or exclusively use public transport? I know people who deliberately never got a driver’s license and ride their bike come wind or weather. You too?

so I will soon belong there too.

You already belong THERE NOW, if you look at your daily life honestly.
I like ecological thinking and try myself to keep things minimal. Still, I enjoy my life and allow others to enjoy it too. I always buy furniture (-classics) second hand, drive the car until it breaks down and at most 4,000 km per year, and hardly need heating costs etc. Still, it is still too much.
Just taking a random piece out and reproaching another is inappropriate; conversely, anyone (including me) could be dissected from an ecological point of view.
rick has created beautiful, lasting architecture, I find it sad that more attention is paid to supposed luxury than to that.

YOU see yourself as the standard, as the measure of what is appropriate. In your settlement that may fit, but ecology applies worldwide and we are all dirty birds, you too.

Not quite right. I only googled "average electricity consumption." The language indeed limited the "radius" to Germany.

You already belong NOW if you honestly look at your daily life.

Also not quite right. I currently live in a small apartment and actually do almost everything by bike.

To take just any piece out of context and hold it against someone else is inappropriate; conversely, anyone could dismantle you (me) from an ecological perspective.

This thread is about the electricity consumption of houses. I also find it very nice and exciting that Rick shared his with us. Only the "low" seemed inappropriate to me. By now, we all agree on that, and I hope to be able to report to you soon about my house's electricity consumption. Overall, I agree with you on almost all your statements! :-)

The language has indeed restricted the "radius" to Germany.

Ok. Then you have the average of a society that lives wastefully anyway, which we all belong to.

Not quite right either. Currently living in a small apartment and indeed do almost everything by bike.

..."almost"...... that leaves room for speculation. So you don't have a car and your children will also mostly ride bikes. In a small apartment you can also live wastefully..... I truly believe that we should all look at ourselves, me too!

your house will be 80m2 in size? There are two of you, right? Didn’t you originally plan 170m2? Or does your child planning count in? Then I could also claim that I’m adopting more children and thus make my living space per person look better. Overall, maybe it was a hasty decision from you due to corona. found many correct words. Land is a limited resource. Therefore, it should actually be used as efficiently as possible. For example, MFHs instead of a multi-family house. But we consciously indulge in the luxury of a single-family house. We (at least) try not to look down on others because they live their life differently or have other priorities. Should I rather invest/bury my money elsewhere? This way there are taxes that can in turn be used for KfW, securing and creating local jobs... My resource consumption only correlates with my income to a limited extent.

Actually, I wanted to leave it at that, but I was directly addressed again. ;)

your house will be 80m2 large? There are two of you, right? Didn’t you once plan 170m2? Or does your child planning count towards that?

Of course, that's why the children's rooms are there. If it doesn't work out with children, I can just transfer the house to a family! :D

Then I could also claim that I’m adopting some more and thus make my living space per person look better.

That’s a great idea! I mean not the fudging the numbers, but the adopting. ;)

found many correct words. Land is a limited resource. Therefore, it should actually be used as well as possible. For example, MFHs instead of a single-family house.

We actually agree on many points. So why the overall harsh tone? Just because I was a bit saddened by the word “small”?

Should I rather invest/bury my money elsewhere? That way there are taxes that can be used for KFW again, securing and creating local jobs… My resource consumption only correlates with my income to a limited extent.

Are you really looking for ways to use money resources/environmentally friendly?

Sorry again that we drifted into an ethical, moral discussion. One can certainly discuss for hours what fair distribution of resources means, where to set standards, and how far income/wealth should correlate with resource consumption.

Found the thread very, very interesting except for the last few pages, it would be great if you please wouldn’t kill everything here with some ideological nonsense. Thanks.