[PRCo] Re: [PRCo]

[Schneider Fred]

2500 is what it should have been.



On Sep 19, 2008, at 10:16 PM, Richard Allman wrote:

> 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]
>
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>>
>> 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>
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