Japan used more power in the first six months of this fiscal year than ever before.
Electricity supplied by the nation's 10 major power companies was up 1.9% to 455.1 billion kw/hr.
The seminconductor sector demand and an unusually hot summer are to blame or credit depending on whether you are spending or being paid.
Large industrial users used 4.5% more...the 8th straight time a fiscal half was up on the year.
Nonferrous metal companies - up 10.5%
Chemical firms - up 6%
Machinery manufacturers - up 5.7%
Kyushu Electric Power increase was the most - up 7.9%
Tohoku Electric Power jumped 6.7%.
Residential lighting - up 0.4%.
September alone - demand was up 4.2% over last year.
And Japan can't meet its own Kyoto protocol goals.
Any wonder why?
