U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for January 9: National Static Electricity Day

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY

Profile America — Monday, January 9th. If you feel a special, hair-raising electricity in the air today, well that's no wonder — it's National Static Electricity Day. Static electricity is the result of an imbalance between negative and positive charges in an object. These charges build up on the surface until they are discharged. This commonly happens when you shuffle about when the humidity is very low and then touch a conductor, such as a door handle or your pet's wet nose. Static electricity has uses in air purifiers, photocopiers and bonding in the painting of automobiles, as well as sticking party balloons onto walls and ceilings. Generating and distributing more practical electricity is a $430 billion a year business for nearly 10,600 electric power establishments in the U.S. You can find current data on the country's economy by downloading the 'America's Economy' mobile application at www.census.gov/mobile.

Sources:
Occasion/accessed 10/27/2016: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/static-electricity-day  
Static electricity accessed 10/27/2016: http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/static_uses.htm
Electric power generation/County Business Patterns/NAICS 2211: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2014/00A1//naics~2211  
Electric power generating revenues/Economic Census/NAICS 2211: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/00A1//naics~2211  

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu). 

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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