Title: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2014, 08:39:47 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2014, 08:39:47 PM
Canadians are the world's eighth-largest energy consumers, sucking up about 7 per cent more energy than Americans, according to research from OilPrice.com.Quote
On average, Canadians consume the equivalent of 7,333 kg of oil per year, compared to 6,793 kg per capita in the U.S. (That includes energy from all sources, expressed as kilograms of oil.)
"While many equate Canada's energy sector with the oil sands, it is, in fact, other forms of energy that account for the lion's share of consumption," OilPrice.com reports.
"Over half (57.6 per cent) of Canada's electricity comes from hydro, with coal the second most popular choice at 18 per cent. Nuclear is third (14.6 percent), with oil and gas comprising just 6.3 per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively."
Inefficient use of energy can have a major economic cost, especially when prices rise. Scotiabank earlier this year estimated that the rise in gas prices seen in the first half of the year sucked $4 billion out of the rest of the economy. Spending on energy, as a percentage of household spending, hit a record high in Canada this year.
OilPrice.com's data confirms what many others have been saying: Canada is a laggard when it comes to energy efficiency. A 2012 survey from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) ranked Canada 11th out of 12 countries on efficient use of energy.
The list of the world's top energy-guzzling countries is heavily populated by Middle Eastern nations with large supplies of oil, but the number-one most energy-guzzling country may be a bit of a surprise: Iceland.
The North Atlantic island nation is blessed with an "overabundance" of hydroelectric and geothermal power, and that makes Icelanders "some of the planet's least energy-conscious" people, OilPrice.com says.
The conclusion, then, seems to be simple: Countries with a lot of energy waste it. Including, apparently, Canada.
Check out the world's most energy-guzzling countries:
10. Finland – 6,183 kg
9. United States – 6,793 kg
8. Canada – 7,333 kg
7. United Arab Emirates – 7,407 kg
6.Luxembourg – 7,684 kg
5. Brunei – 9,427 kg
4. Kuwait – 10,408 kg
3. Trinidad and Tobago – 15,691 kg
2. Qatar – 17,418 kg
1. Iceland - 18,774 kghttp://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/worlds-most-energy-guzzling-countries-canada-ranks-ahead-of-us/ar-BB712iD
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Obvious Li on October 02, 2014, 09:11:19 PM
Post by: Obvious Li on October 02, 2014, 09:11:19 PM
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2014, 11:42:55 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2014, 11:42:55 PM
fuck em all.....crank up the heat i say.....the dragon keeps the house like a fucking sauna in the wintertime....bloody hellQuote from: "Obvious Li"
It must be a dragon thing because if it was a crime the way the warm-mongers want it to be, both my Mommy and I would be incarcerated. We don't do chilly houses.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Obvious Li on October 03, 2014, 05:27:09 AM
Post by: Obvious Li on October 03, 2014, 05:27:09 AM
fuck em all.....crank up the heat i say.....the dragon keeps the house like a fucking sauna in the wintertime....bloody hellQuote from: "Obvious Li"
It must be a dragon thing because if it was a crime the way the warm-mongers want it to be, both my Mommy and I would be incarcerated. We don't do chilly houses.acc_bath
no we don't...if we were not able to walk around the house barely clothed we might just as well live outside like animals.....t-shirts only inside...
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 09:25:55 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 09:25:55 AM
fuck em all.....crank up the heat i say.....the dragon keeps the house like a fucking sauna in the wintertime....bloody hellQuote from: "Obvious Li"
It must be a dragon thing because if it was a crime the way the warm-mongers want it to be, both my Mommy and I would be incarcerated. We don't do chilly houses.acc_bath
no we don't...if we were not able to walk around the house barely clothed we might just as well live outside like animals.....t-shirts only inside...ac_king
I find it hard to adjust if I go back to Shenzhen in the winter. Although SZ is semi-tropical, it can get the odd cool night(sometimes as low as 5-8 degrees) in January. Housing is not heated, so I have wear extra clothing which sucks.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Renee on October 03, 2014, 10:59:17 AM
Post by: Renee on October 03, 2014, 10:59:17 AM
Ever walk into an old persons house in the middle of the winter? It's usually a frickin 100 degrees. I have no idea how they do it. No wonder they are all dried up and wrinkled.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 01:37:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 01:37:37 PM
I can't stand a warm house. No more than 67 - 68 degrees F for me. I sweat like a fat chick writing a love letter if the temp goes over 70.Quote from: "Renee"
Ever walk into an old persons house in the middle of the winter? It's usually a frickin 100 degrees. I have no idea how they do it. No wonder they are all dried up and wrinkled.ac_toofunny
Look at the Al Gore disciple, world is coming to an end if we don't move into caves, tax us more for everything, looney old evs wannabe socialist robot.
Just kidding Renee. ac_tongue I really liked the fat chick writing a love letter analogy.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Renee on October 03, 2014, 03:53:27 PM
Post by: Renee on October 03, 2014, 03:53:27 PM
I can't stand a warm house. No more than 67 - 68 degrees F for me. I sweat like a fat chick writing a love letter if the temp goes over 70.Quote from: "Renee"
Ever walk into an old persons house in the middle of the winter? It's usually a frickin 100 degrees. I have no idea how they do it. No wonder they are all dried up and wrinkled.ac_toofunny
Look at the Al Gore disciple, world is coming to an end if we don't move into caves, tax us more for everything, looney old evs wannabe socialist robot.
Just kidding Renee. ac_tongue I really liked the fat chick writing a love letter analogy.ac_lmfao
Al Gore disciple my ass. I still have a stock pile of incandescent bulbs in my house. Would an Al Whore disciple do something as horrible as that?
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 04:11:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 04:11:10 PM
I can't stand a warm house. No more than 67 - 68 degrees F for me. I sweat like a fat chick writing a love letter if the temp goes over 70.Quote from: "Renee"
Ever walk into an old persons house in the middle of the winter? It's usually a frickin 100 degrees. I have no idea how they do it. No wonder they are all dried up and wrinkled.ac_toofunny
Look at the Al Gore disciple, world is coming to an end if we don't move into caves, tax us more for everything, looney old evs wannabe socialist robot.
Just kidding Renee. ac_tongue I really liked the fat chick writing a love letter analogy.ac_lmfao
Al Gore disciple my ass. I still have a stock pile of incandescent bulbs in my house. Would an Al Whore disciple do something as horrible as that?ac_toofunny
Al would do it, but you as one of his most obedient ho's are not allowed. Do as your
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Renee on October 03, 2014, 05:08:31 PM
Post by: Renee on October 03, 2014, 05:08:31 PM
Look at the Al Gore disciple, world is coming to an end if we don't move into caves, tax us more for everything, looney old evs wannabe socialist robot.
Just kidding Renee. ac_tongue I really liked the fat chick writing a love letter analogy.ac_lmfao
Al Gore disciple my ass. I still have a stock pile of incandescent bulbs in my house. Would an Al Whore disciple do something as horrible as that?ac_toofunny
Al would do it,but you as one of his most obedient ho'sare not allowed. Do as your ac_king says, not as he does.ac_razz
Hell, I don't even recycle. I just burn all my plastic water bottles in my outdoor fireplace. All the glass I throw in the neighbors trash cans on pick-up day.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 05:10:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 05:10:59 PM
Al Gore disciple my ass. I still have a stock pile of incandescent bulbs in my house. Would an Al Whore disciple do something as horrible as that?ac_toofunny
Al would do it,but you as one of his most obedient ho'sare not allowed. Do as your ac_king says, not as he does.ac_razz
ac_lmfao If you only knew.
Hell, I don't even recycle. I just burn all my plastic water bottles in my outdoor fireplace. All the glass I throw in the neighbors trash cans of pick-up day.ac_lmfao
That's it for you Real Woman, Big Al won't let you rub his feet after I rat you out.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Renee on October 03, 2014, 05:27:48 PM
Post by: Renee on October 03, 2014, 05:27:48 PM
Al would do it,but you as one of his most obedient ho'sare not allowed. Do as your ac_king says, not as he does.ac_razz
ac_lmfao If you only knew.
Hell, I don't even recycle. I just burn all my plastic water bottles in my outdoor fireplace. All the glass I throw in the neighbors trash cans of pick-up day.ac_lmfao
That's it for you Real Woman, Big Al won't let you rub his feet after I rat you out.ac_toofunny
So if I can't rub his feet can I take a hammer and knock the corners off his head?
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 05:32:30 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 03, 2014, 05:32:30 PM
ac_lmfao If you only knew.
Hell, I don't even recycle. I just burn all my plastic water bottles in my outdoor fireplace. All the glass I throw in the neighbors trash cans of pick-up day.ac_lmfao
That's it for you Real Woman, Big Al won't let you rub his feet after I rat you out.ac_toofunny
So if I can't rub his feet can I take a hammer and knock the corners off his head?ac_biggrin
Help urself!!
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 07, 2014, 09:55:58 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 07, 2014, 09:55:58 AM
I can't stand a warm house. No more than 67 - 68 degrees F for me. I sweat like a fat chick writing a love letter if the temp goes over 70.Quote from: "Renee"
Ever walk into an old persons house in the middle of the winter? It's usually a frickin 100 degrees. I have no idea how they do it. No wonder they are all dried up and wrinkled.ac_toofunny
My husband does not like a warm house either Renee.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Renee on October 07, 2014, 10:21:09 AM
Post by: Renee on October 07, 2014, 10:21:09 AM
That's it for you Real Woman, Big Al won't let you rub his feet after I rat you out.ac_toofunny
So if I can't rub his feet can I take a hammer and knock the corners off his head?ac_biggrin
Help urself!!(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120121210255/walkingdead/images/f/fa/Hammer.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2012%20...%20Hammer.jpg%22%3Ehttp://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120121210255/walkingdead/images/f/fa/Hammer.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Don't give me a fucking Chinese hammer. The cheap tool steel they use is waaaaay too soft for the job.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Renee on October 07, 2014, 10:24:39 AM
Post by: Renee on October 07, 2014, 10:24:39 AM
I can't stand a warm house. No more than 67 - 68 degrees F for me. I sweat like a fat chick writing a love letter if the temp goes over 70.Quote from: "Renee"
Ever walk into an old persons house in the middle of the winter? It's usually a frickin 100 degrees. I have no idea how they do it. No wonder they are all dried up and wrinkled.ac_toofunny
My husband does not like a warm house either Renee.
Also a warm house breeds germs more readily because the ventilation in most residential homes is poor. The warm air stratifies and stagnates allowing air born germs to collect and breed.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 07, 2014, 09:35:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 07, 2014, 09:35:18 PM
I can't stand a warm house. No more than 67 - 68 degrees F for me. I sweat like a fat chick writing a love letter if the temp goes over 70.Quote from: "Renee"
Ever walk into an old persons house in the middle of the winter? It's usually a frickin 100 degrees. I have no idea how they do it. No wonder they are all dried up and wrinkled.ac_toofunny
My husband does not like a warm house either Renee.
Also a warm house breeds germs more readily because the ventilation in most residential homes is poor. The warm air stratifies and stagnates allowing air born germs to collect and breed.
Don't care, I hate cold houses, cold weather and getting colds.
Title: Re: Most Energy Guzzling Nations
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2014, 09:31:24 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2014, 09:31:24 AM
I can't stand a warm house. No more than 67 - 68 degrees F for me. I sweat like a fat chick writing a love letter if the temp goes over 70.Quote from: "Renee"
Ever walk into an old persons house in the middle of the winter? It's usually a frickin 100 degrees. I have no idea how they do it. No wonder they are all dried up and wrinkled.ac_toofunny
My husband does not like a warm house either Renee.
Also a warm house breeds germs more readily because the ventilation in most residential homes is poor. The warm air stratifies and stagnates allowing air born germs to collect and breed.
My husband is an electrician Renee, but he is also our household carpenter and plumber..
I will ask him tonight about the ventilation in our home.