I just watched a video of a young man talking about his solar panel system "9 months later".
He didn't mention having any kids -- so it was probably just him and his wife.
Nevertheless, he used north of 1,000 KW a month of electricity, based on the data he shared with us all.
When it was just my wife and 1 baby, in our first house, we used about 10-12 kW a day, or about 350 kW a month.
But here's the thing: he talked about how he wanted to reduce his carbon footprint, get as much renewable energy as possible, etc.
(Who knows? Maybe he's even limiting his family size to this end.)
Virtue signal, virtue signal. What would he think of me, if I started out by introducing myself as having 8 children? How would he judge me?
But it turns out, I am gentler on the earth than he and his wife are.
I only use slightly more electricity than him, with my family size of 10 and (2) climate controlled buildings on our property. Especially in the non-summer months.
Let's just say it's WAY closer than it should be, given our respective home sizes and family sizes.
P.S. If I watched the video again, I would pay special attention to his electricity usage in winter. He lives in Boston. He never said his home was all-electric, but he didn't state explicitly where he gets his heating from -- or his stove/water heater/dryer for that matter.
But best-case scenario (for him) is he's all-electric. My figures, above, were all-electric as well. So that 10 kW was for cooking, hot water, and laundry as well (I'd say heating, but that 10 kW figure was for non-heating months)