[PRCo] Re: [PRCo]

[John Swindler]

That was my suspicision about a nano-second after hitting the send key, even if Fred did use a comma.  
 
And then went back and again re-calculated the square footage of our home, just in case I had screwed up.
 
Still, Fred's thesis is valid.  Per capita energy consumption is greater in the US.  But energy costs are also lower in the US.
 
John
 
 
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:16:58 -0400> From: allmanr at verizon.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: [PRCo]> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > one zero too many I suspect, John!> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 6:47 PM> Subject: [PRCo] Re: [PRCo]> > > >> >> > 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: 1!> > 4.6 BBL/person> > GDP/BBL of Oil> · USA: $1,644/BBL> · EU: $2,192/BBL>> > · Australia: $2,107/BBL>> > _________________________________________________________________> > Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows > > Live.> > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/> >> > > > 
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