A BTU or British thermal unit is defined as the energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water degree Fahrenheit.
A quad is 1,000,000,000,000,000 BTU (1015 BTU)
In 2002, the total energy used in the world was 446 quads.
In 2002 the total energy used in the United States of America was 97 quads.
In 2002 the population of the United States of America was approximately 289 million.
In 2002 the population of the world was 6.2 billion.
In 2002 the population of the Unites States was 4.66% of the population of the world and consumed 21.7% of the total energy on earth.
In 2002, every person in the United States of America used the equivalent energy of 2,687 gallons of gasoline or 98,366 kWh
The energy used in the Unit States alone exceeds the total amount of solar energy captured by the entire world in a year!
Our entire world is running a MAJOR energy DEFICIT versus the available energy from the sun.
This “DEFICIT” which is being “FUNDED” by using oil which is actually solar energy stored over millions of years.
Our energy use is obviously unsustainable.
