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demallien on April 20, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Wor...

That's not at all what that report says. The graph in the report is talking about the energy usage and production of one household, not global demand. Peak global demand of energy in Australia is very much in the middle of the day as offices and other workplaces run aircon / lighting / computers / industrial processes.

drinkzima on April 20, 2015 [–]

For the most part that's just not true, the peak is in the afternoon evening nearly everywhere. Here's lots of other examples: https://www.google.com/search?q=power+consumption+by+hour+of...

http://www.poplarnetwork.com/sites/default/files/peak-shavin... http://static.squarespace.com/static/545e40d0e4b054a6f8622bc... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nLHRC8dC8wI/S8tjxUq6cxI/AAAAAAAAAD... http://www.northcoastjournal.com/110305/chart.jpg

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