Watt the hell??? Certainty indeed.
I was bored again. I get that way a lot. So I was leafing through an old copy of THE BOOK OF LISTS 2. Here is an interesting little piece. Sorry about the spacing.
20 Places Consuming The Most Energy (per capita. 1 unit = 10 kilowatts/hour – 1979)
1. US Virgin Islands 91,411
2. Wake Island 24,025
3. Qatar 23,658
4. Netherland Antilles 21,311
5. United Arab Emirates 18,548
6. Christmas Island 17,537
7. Luxembourg 14,724
8. Brunei 13,796
9. Panama Canal Zone 13,617
10. United States 11,374
11. Bahrain 10,302
12. Canada 9,930
13. New Caledonia 8,009
14. Czechoslovakia 7,531
15. Guam 7,477
16. Bahamas 7,354
17. East Germany 7,121
18. Nauru 7,006
19. Kuwait 6,771
20. Australia 6,622
(BOOK OF LISTS 2 p243 1980)
Ahh yes. I did say it was old. East Germany? Where is that again?
So where do we stand today?
20 Places Consuming The Most Energy
# 1 | Iceland: | 31,147.292 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 2 | Norway: | 24,011.233 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 3 | Finland: | 16,850.372 kWh per capita | 2007 ![]() |
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# 4 | Canada: | 16,279.411 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 5 | Qatar: | 15,938.943 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 6 | Kuwait: | 15,210.945 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 7 | Sweden: | 14,769.403 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 8 | Luxembourg: | 14,604.742 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 9 | United States: | 12,924.224 kWh per capita | 2007 ![]() |
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# 10 | United Arab Emirates: | 12,483.568 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 11 | Bahrain: | 11,819.586 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 12 | Cayman Islands: | 11,718.884 kWh per capita | 2007 ![]() |
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# 13 | Australia: | 10,720.756 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 14 | Bermuda: | 9,714.734 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 15 | Guam: | 9,682.897 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 16 | Taiwan: | 9,593.643 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 17 | New Zealand: | 9,436.716 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 18 | Virgin Islands: | 8,223.569 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 19 | Singapore: | 8,176.258 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
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# 20 | Belgium: | 8,157.769 kWh per capita | 2006 ![]() |
So what you say. We managed to increase consumption per head by 35%. Not bad there Australia! But there is another figure you need to be aware of. Population.
In 1979 Australia boasted a proud 14,602,481. In 2005 we had chalked up 20,090,437. Another 30% increase.
So not only did we increase population by 30%, we increased our individual usage by 35%.
And industry wants certainty before they move to renewable sources. Okay industry, be certain. If you build them, we will make you money.
Australia is addicted to electricity. And loving it.
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A. Ghebranious 2011 (All Rights Reserved)
Thanks for the information.