I mean, action potentials are life. Every living cell is consuming/producing electricity constantly. Lightning not required: every time you eat or drink anything that contributes to a charge gradient (which is literally every time you eat or drink anything) you’re consuming electricity.
Technically, if lightning killed a cow in that year, and someone ate that cow, then the consumption should be greater than zero.
Technically, if I wore a condom that night in 1996, you shouldn’t exist - but, hey, life has a way of surprising us.
I mean, action potentials are life. Every living cell is consuming/producing electricity constantly. Lightning not required: every time you eat or drink anything that contributes to a charge gradient (which is literally every time you eat or drink anything) you’re consuming electricity.