[iUsedToCode]

I think you forgot that while Americans can and should save (a megawatthour ISN'T, or at least shouldn't be the average per month per house, vide the article), the rest of the world is way, way behind.

Are you telling Indians or Africans that they cannot even have electric cooking? Coal stoves kill thousands each year. Remember, you guys only have like 5% of the population.

You can limit your consumption -- it is grotesque -- but much of the rest of the world don't even have one lightbulb.

[ZeroGravitas]

Interestingly, shifting off-grid users from kerosene loghting to solar powered led lamps with built in batteries is helpful for climate change too.

It's actually cheaper too, though there's an up front investment needed. Some charities are selling the devices in exchange for the weekly kerosene outlay, so that the project is self funding.