Friday November 17th 2006, 10:10 am
Filed under: Canadian Politics, American Politics, - Energy, Useful Facts
Filed under: Canadian Politics, American Politics, - Energy, Useful Facts
We’re rolling out a new series called Useless Facts TM. Every day we will post a new series of useless facts, gleaned from the trusty 2007 Economist Pocket World in Figures book. We will try to make said useless facts relate to some piece of that day’s news, but that may not always work out. So here goes…
In honour of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s concession that his province cannot closed its coal-fired power plants until 2014, 7 years after his election promise, we offer the following Useless Facts TM
TOP 10 LARGEST CONSUMERS OF ENERGY (PER PERSON)
(kg of oil equivalent, 2003)
| 1. United Arab Emirates | 9,707 |
| 2. Kuwait | 9,566 |
| 3. Trinidad & Tobago | 8,553 |
| 4. Canada | 8,240 |
| 5. United States | 7,843 |
| 6. Finland | 7,204 |
| 7. Sweden | 5,754 |
| 8. Belgium | 5,701 |
| 9. Australia | 5,668 |
| 10. Saudi Arabia | 5,607 |
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