... Used on earth in a year by the human race?
Quote your sources to get the points.
2006-10-31 06:10:57 · 16 answers · asked by knoWall 4 in Environment
USA has only five per cent of the world's population but uses 23 per cent of its energy, 15 per cent of its meat and 28 per cent of its paper.
Are you surprised? shocked? indifferent?
2006-10-31 06:19:21 · answer #1 · answered by SteveNaive 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the US uses ~14 million barrels of oil per day out of a total world production of around ~72 million barrels a day. If you add in all of the coal we burn and nuclear fuel we use, etc. I think one quarter is highly likely.
So what is your point? Would you prefer it to be less? or more? Answer me this: Who gets more dirt moved in a day, a man with a pick and shovel and wheelbarrow or a man with a Diesel front end loader? And who uses up more fuel?When you figure out the answer to this question, then maybe you will gather some insight into why the US uses one quarter of the world's fuel. And maybe you will also understand why Uganda or Guatamala have not launched any weather satellites or GPS systems or anything else.
2006-10-31 14:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The US use a lot of everything. And it was meant to be the land of dreams. Oh how wrong can people be.
It needs to change its consumption patterns. Every individuals life, in the western world, needs to change. I'm not sure if this is possible.
The US will go on gorging itself on Food, Oil, Water, etc etc
2006-10-31 14:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by Andrew G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What we all need to focus on is that 15% of the worlds population uses 85% of the resources, that is not counting China and India. What happens when they come fully on board the western sinking ship?
2006-10-31 14:49:24 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United States uses:
40% of all oil
23% of all natural gas
23% of all coal
2006-10-31 14:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by wdmc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they produce one quarter of all the pollution in
the world which, necessarily, does not all come from fuel,
but it is pretty close.
2006-10-31 14:17:08 · answer #6 · answered by Ricky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is basically true. They use too much
2006-10-31 14:33:00 · answer #7 · answered by david s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if this is true, but I wouldn't be surprised
2006-10-31 14:13:15 · answer #8 · answered by JIVE TURKEY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We pay for it to. In more ways then one.
2006-10-31 14:21:22 · answer #9 · answered by elliebear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly with all those gas guzzling cars
2006-10-31 14:13:36 · answer #10 · answered by tacho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋