How The Average American Uses Energy

The Average American's Annual Energy Consumption 441 gallons of automobile gasoline (Avergage drivers drive 12,000 miles per year) 4,759 cubic feet of natural gas 3 gallons airplane fuel I round-trip flight/year) (This is the average of Americans using mostly natural gas for heating and those who don't use any) Air 8% Conditioning Lighting/Appliances 26% Water Heating 20% 11,040 kiloWatt hrs of electricity (at home) Refrigeration 5% Space Heating 41% *Note: pie graph is not to scale That electricity comes from: Coal Nuclear Solar, Wind, Geothermal 48.2% 19.6% 3.7% шп ши ти шщ Natural Gas Oil Hydroelectric 21.4% 1.1% 6.0% Energy Use Per Capita U.S. vs The World Total per-capita energy consumption in the US: 98,418 kiloWatt hours / year Worldwide per-capica energy consumption: 21,213 kiloWatt hours / year Haiti India China Hong Kong Venezuela United Kingdom Germany France Australia United States 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 Kilograms of Oil Equivalent Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (www.eia.deo.gov) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (www.bts.gov) ve, visualeconomics.com