Energy consumption of the us

[dragon]

Holy crap I knew it was high but I had no idea it was this high.
In 2014 the total was 98,460 Trillion BTU.
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The world energy consumption 524,076 quadrillion BTU
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[madd0ct0r]

yup, but per capita is a better stat.

[dragon]

Oops I messed up. The one site uses comma tand trillions the other uses a period and quadrillion. So the world total was not actually 524,076 quadrillion BTU. It's 524.076 quadrillion BTU or 524,076 trillion.

Sorry

[madd0ct0r]

Seems a good place for this:

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/0 ... rs-carbon/

A regional cap-and-trade program has added $1.3 billion in economic activity to nine New England and Mid-Atlantic states since 2011, while decreasing their carbon emissions by 15 percent, according to independent analysis released Tuesday.
In addition to stimulating the economy and reducing carbon, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has also reduced the cost of electricity for consumers, saving residential, businesses, and public users $460 million, the report from the Analysis Group found