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US Energy Consumption
Saturday October 21 2006, @03:17PM
Math for future reference:
2005 US Electrical Generation: 4,000 billion kwh (4 petawatt hours)
2005 Gasoline Consumption: 384.7 million gallons/day (140 billion gallons/year)
Energy content of gasoline: 131 MJ/gallon
2005 Gasoline Consumption in Wh: 5.15 petawatt hours
2005 US Electrical Generation: 4,000 billion kwh (4 petawatt hours)
2005 Gasoline Consumption: 384.7 million gallons/day (140 billion gallons/year)
Energy content of gasoline: 131 MJ/gallon
2005 Gasoline Consumption in Wh: 5.15 petawatt hours
