Interesting facts about electricity

1. Fireflies produce light using chemical energy from their food. This light is even
more efficient than that of one light bulb. Other creatures possess this magic too,
like the deep sea squid and glow worms. An electric eel on the other hand, does not
glow, but it can provide a shock of !! volts, that is double the ""! volts which can be
safely plugged into a socket in your home.
". One bolt of lightning has enough electricity to supply "!! !!! average si#e
homes$
%.&ver wondered why a bird does not get electrocuted sitting on a power line'
That is because both feet are on one power line. As soon as a
part of its wing or one foot, touches another power line, a circuit would be created
flowing through the body of the bird, causing electrocution.
(.)ufficient amounts of sunlight reach the earth every minute to satisfy the entire
worlds* energy demands for a year.
+., think it is safe to assume almost all of us have used -oogle numerous times.
They account for about !.!1%. of the worlds* energy usage. This equals enough
electricity to power "!! !!! homes continuously. The energy it takes to conduct
1!! searches on their website, is the equivalent of a light bulb burning for "/
minutes.
.A refrigerator uses less energy than a 0lay station %.
1.The average laptop idles at "! watts, while a desktop computer idles at /! watts.
/.The )tatue of 2iberty was the first lighthouse to use electricity in 1//.
3.&lectricity can be made from wind, light, water and even animal manure.
1!.,t is a little known fact that only ten percent of the traditional light bulb is
used for actual lighting. The other 3!. of the energy creates heat.
11.4uring a hurricane, +! to "!! trillion watts of heat energy are released. This is
the same amount of energy as a 1! megaton nuclear bomb e5ploding every "!
minutes.
1".)outh Africa was the country with the cheapest electricity in the developed
world . ,taly and -erman on the other hand, has the most e5pensive electricity
rates in the world.
1%.The speed of electricity is considered faster than any other thing in the world
at %!! !!! km per second. ,n fact, if you had a light switch in your house
connected to a bulb on the moon, you could go around the world / times during the
time it takes you to light the bulb by 6ust turning on the switch.
1(.Alessandro 7olta was the one who discovered that when two strips of different
metals were placed in sulphuric acid and connected to a simple wire, electricity
flowed. Thus, he invented the first electric battery.
1+.,f a person yelled for / years, 1 months and days he or she would produce
enough energy to heat one cup of coffee.
Thank you!