energy use in the usa. the united states of america is the world's largest energy producer,...
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Energy Use in the USA
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Energy Use in the USA
• The United States of America is the world's largest energy producer, consumer, and net importer of energy. How? Why?– Trends in energy consumption– Social explanations– Current situation
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Top World Oil Consumers, 2006(thousand barrels per day)
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Energy Consumption: Total energy consumption per capita
Units: Kilograms of oil equivalent (kgoe) per personWorld Resources Institute: Earth Trends
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History of US energy use by source (quadrillion BTU)
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Attitudes towards energy use
• The “American Dream”• Environmentalism• Responsible Consumerism
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The “American Dream”
• Current concept has roots in 1950's
• Any one can “make it” - regardless of background
• House in the suburbs, two cars
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• Electricity consumption by 107 million U.S. households in 2001 totaled 1,140 billion kWh. The most significant end uses were central air-conditioning and refrigerators, each of which accounted for about 14 percent of the U.S. Total. (
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The automobile
• 84% of travel in USA by car
• Fuel efficiency has not traditionally been important to American consumers
• SUV's
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Passenger vehicles in the US
• According to the US Bureau of Transit Statistics for 2004 there are 243,023,485 registered passenger vehicles in the US
Passenger Vehilcesin the USA
carstrucks/SUV's6-wheel trucksmotorcycles
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Fuel consumption of US cars(www.bts.gov)
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Environmentalism
• Modern environmentalism began in 1962 with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
• Anti-pollution legislation
• Post-environmentalism?
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Pollution
• 1963 Clean Air Act• 1990 – amendment to the clean air act began
system of carbon trading.• 1997: The US signs the Kyoto protocol -but never
ratifies the treaty– Some state and local governments have
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Acquisitions of “alarmism”
• The “greatest hoax in history”
• According to one poll about 64% of Americans think that scientists disagree about whether global warming is happening (they don't)
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A convenient approach
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The environmental consumer
• Save the environment without sacrificing quality of life:– New energy-saving appliances, light bulbs– Carbon offsets– Hybrid cars– Supporting “green” companies
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Energy per dollar of GDP/PPP