According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, in 2009 the United States emitted 5,424.53 million metric tons of Carbon Dioxide from the consumption of energy, which is enough to make the United States rank second in that category. China ranks first, emitting 7706.83 million metric tons of Carbon Dioxide.
Prepared by Dan Witkowski
According to The World Bank, in 2007 the United states consumed 85.6% of its total fossil fuel energy, which makes the United States rank seventy-ninth in that category. Congo ranks first, consuming only 4.2% of its total fossil fuel energy.
Prepared by Dan Witkowski
According to the World Bank, Americans in 2008 paid $ 0.56 per liter at the gas pumps making the United States rank one hundred and forty-eighth of one hundred and sixty-seven countries ranked in that category. Eritrea ranked first, paying $2.53 per liter at the gas pumps.
Entry prepared by Dan Witkowski
According to British Petroleum, in 2009 the United States had an oil refinery capacity of 17,688,000 barrels per day, or 19.5% of the world’s total oil refinery capacity. That is enough to make the United States rank first in that category.
According to the CIA World Factbook, in 2009 the United States consumed 646,600,000,000 cubic meters of natural gas, which makes the United States rank first in that category.
According to the International Energy Agency, in 2007 the United States had net energy imports equivalent to 713.97 million tons of oil, which makes the United States rank first in that category.
According to the International Energy Agency’s 2009 edition of Key World Energy Statistics, in 2007 the United States produced 1665.18 MTOEs of energy (million tons of oil equivalent), or 13.9% of the world’s total energy production. That is enough to make the United States rank second in that category. China ranks first, producing 1813.98 MTOEs of energy, or 15.2% of the world total.
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%.
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%.
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%.
