[PRCo] Re: [PRCo]

[John Swindler]

So how many of us have 25,000 sq. foot homes, Fred?
 
And besides water heating, there is the air conditioning factor.  
 
John
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] > From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:10:21 -0400> > From the Light Rail Now web site. Sure it's propaganda but I guess > it is our kind of propaganda. The amazing thing here is that the > automobile registration rates per capita in the European Union > nations are on parallel with the United States. The primary > differences are that they live closer to their jobs, only about 70% > use cars to get to work were 99% of us do, and overall they might > drive 5000 miles a year to our 15000. You also use a lot less > energy when you are heating apartments instead of 25,000 square foot > houses. You use less energy when you hot water heater turns on only > when you open the hot water spigot instead of keeping a 75 or 100 > gallon tank of water hot all day when you're not home to use it. I > could put a lot of et ceteras behind this but people would say, that > Schneider isn't being patriotic.> > > 9 March 2006> > Petroleum consumption comparison – USA, European Union, Australia> > A number of transportation and energy analysts have noted the huge > disparity between the USA's dependency on petroleum and the more > diversified energy profile of other advanced idustrial countries, > which promote public transport and electrification of transportation > systems to a far greater extent. Jim Gagnepain highlights "some > interesting facts from the CIA Factbook." Jim has confined his > comparison to the USA, Europe Union (EU), and Australia.> > Population (2005)> · USA: 296 million> · EU: 457 million> · Australia: 20 million> > Daily Oil Consumption> · USA: 19.6 Million BBLs> · EU: 14.5 Million BBLs> · Australia: 796,000 BBLs> > GDP (US$)> · USA: $11.75 trillion> · EU: $11.65 trillion> · Australia: $612 billion> > Jim then performs "a little math on these figures", as shown below:> > Yearly Oil Consumption per Person> · USA: 24.09 BBL/person> · EU: 11.68 BBL/person> · Australia: 14.6 BBL/person> > GDP/BBL of Oil> · USA: $1,644/BBL> · EU: $2,192/BBL> · Australia: $2,107/BBL> 
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