Useless Energy Facts
The world consumes more than 1 billion gallon of petroleum a day.
Petroleum accounts for half the world's energy supply.
One 75 watt bulb gives more light than three 25 watt bulbs.
Ten cords of wood stacked 4 feet wide by 4 feet high by 80 feet long have the same heating potential as 1,400 gallons of oil.
The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
A person uses more household energy shaving with a hand razor at a sink (because of the water power, the water pump, and so on) than he would by using an electric razor.
Ten cords of wood stacked 4 feet wide by 3 feet high by 80 feet long have the same heating potential as 1,400 gallons of oil.
A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour. A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift. A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile.
In one night, the World Trade Center in New York City used to use more electricity than the entire city of Troy, New York.