How much impact is the strike having? The drop in electricity consumption in real time
Electricity demand is a classic sign of the effect of a general strike. This is how it is going today, with data every five minutes.
A general strike can be gauged by electricity consumption. When factories, offices, and shops shut down, energy usage drops, and this can be tracked with data from Red Eléctrica. The data shows how much certain activities slow down, although it does not indicate the number of people on strike. A graph compares today's energy consumption to Red Eléctrica's predicted usage for a typical Wednesday without a strike. The shaded area represents the decline in energy consumption attributed to the strike.
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