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Started by Anonymous, October 02, 2014, 08:39:47 PM

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Hard to convince Canadians to wear a sweater inside instead of cranking the heat. Same goes for fans instead of AC in the dead of summer. I won't even get into RV's, 4X4's or snowbirds/trips to warmer locales.
QuoteCanadians are the world's eighth-largest energy consumers, sucking up about 7 per cent more energy than Americans, according to research from OilPrice.com.



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 kg

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/worlds-most-energy-guzzling-countries-canada-ranks-ahead-of-us/ar-BB712iD">http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstori ... ar-BB712iD">http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/worlds-most-energy-guzzling-countries-canada-ranks-ahead-of-us/ar-BB712iD

Obvious Li

fuck em all.....crank up the heat i say.....the dragon keeps the house like a fucking sauna in the wintertime....bloody hell

Anonymous

Quote from: "Obvious Li"fuck em all.....crank up the heat i say.....the dragon keeps the house like a fucking sauna in the wintertime....bloody hell

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

Obvious Li

Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Obvious Li"fuck em all.....crank up the heat i say.....the dragon keeps the house like a fucking sauna in the wintertime....bloody hell

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

Anonymous

Quote from: "Obvious Li"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Obvious Li"fuck em all.....crank up the heat i say.....the dragon keeps the house like a fucking sauna in the wintertime....bloody hell

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.

Renee

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.



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
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.


Anonymous

Quote from: "Renee"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.



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

Renee

Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Renee"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.



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
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.


Anonymous

Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Renee"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.



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  ac_king says, not as he does. ac_razz

Renee

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Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
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  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 on pick-up day. ac_lmfao
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.


Anonymous

Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Renee"


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  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

Renee

Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Al would do it, but you as one of his most obedient ho's are 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? ac_biggrin
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.


Anonymous

Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Renee"


 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!!

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120121210255/walkingdead/images/f/fa/Hammer.jpg">

Anonymous

Quote from: "Renee"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.



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.

Renee

Quote from: "Shen Li"
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Shen Li"
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!!

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120121210255/walkingdead/images/f/fa/Hammer.jpg">


Don't give me a fucking Chinese hammer. The cheap tool steel they use is waaaaay too soft for the job. ac_biggrin
\"A man\'s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot-box, the jury-box and the cartridge-box.\"

Frederick Douglass, November 15, 1867.