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No reliable estimates are available for the total amount, but it is substantial in the US and around the world.

It should be noted that electrical generation is inherently "wasteful," because maintaining voltage across an entire electrical grid creates waste heat in the circuits and Transformers. However, reducing unnecessary electrical consumption benefits consumers by lowering their bills, and also forestalls the need for additional capacity to be constructed to meet peak needs.

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Electricity can easily be wasted. Let's say you have all the lights on inside your house and your not using them, that's an example of wasting electricity.

Electricity can be wasted in non-renewable resources as well. This is because once you use fossil fuels, they can not be replaced.

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Americans waste about 4billion watts a day.

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Four hundred billion dollars on electricity as of 2011. In the U.S.

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50000$

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