The U.S. ranks 44th in exports footprint

According to the Global Footprint Network, exports in the United States have an exports footprint of 1.77 global hectares per person, an amount that makes the United States forty-fourth in that category. Belgium ranks first, with its exports footprint for imports at 18.19 global hectares per person.

The U.S. ranks 7th in production footprint

According to the Global Footprint Network, the United States has a production footprint of 8.63 global hectares per person, which makes the United States rank seventh in that category. New Zealand ranks first, at 13.11 global hectares per person.

The U.S. ranks 65th in industrial energy use

According to a 2005 report by the World Resources Institute, 26.2% of all energy use in the United States goes toward industrial use, which makes the United States tied for sixty-fifth with India in that category. Trinidad and Tobago ranks first, at 86.1%.

The U.S. ranks 15th in desire for energy efficiency

According to a 2008 survey conducted by World Public Opinion, 61% of Americans believe that the government should force businesses to use energy more efficiently, even at the risk of increased cost to consumers. The United States ranks fifteenth out of twenty-four surveyed nations in this category. Taiwan ranks first, at 80%.

The U.S. ranks 4th in hydrocarbon imports

According to the International Trade Centre, in 2005 the United States imported $4,097,907,000 worth of hydrocarbons, which made the United States rank fourth in that category. China ranked first, importing $7,306,235,ooo worth.

The U.S. ranks 95th in residential energy consumption

According to the World Resources Institute, 16.6% of all energy consumption in the United States in 2001 went to residential energy use. That was enough to make the United States rank ninety-fifth in that category. Nepal ranked first, at 89.0%. The world average was 27.5%.

The U.S. ranks 17th in public and commercial services energy consumption

According to the World Resources Institute, 12.2% of total energy consumption in the United States goes toward public and commercial services, which makes the United States rank seventeenth in that category. Hungary ranks first, at 17.2%.

The U.S. ranks 14th in road transport energy use

According to the World Resources Institute, 32.3 of all energy consumption in the United States goes toward road transport, which makes the United States rank fourteenth in that category. Yemen ranks first, at 59.6 percent.

The U.S. ranks 1st in nuclear energy consumption

According to British Petroleum, in 2006 the United States consumed the equivalent of 187.5 million tonnes of oil, or 29.5% of the world’s total nuclear energy consumption, enough to make the United States rank first in that category.

The U.S. ranks 1st in oil refinery capacity

According to British Petroleum, the United States has an oil refinery capacity of 17,455 barrels per day, which makes the United States rank first in that category.