Homework - US Energy Use

How much of the world's energy does the United States use?

Of every 100 people on the planet, 6 live in the United States. If everything were fair and equal, we would use as much of the world's energy as we have people--6 percent. Instead, we use between 25 and 30 % of the world's energy! Each of us uses twice as much energy as the average person in England, two and-a-half times as much as the average person in Japan, and 106 times that of the average person in Bangladesh!. And using too much energy isn't just bad because we're going to run out of it someday.

Use the above information to answer these questions:

1) Out of every 100 people that live on our planet, how many live in the USA?

2) How much of the world's energy should we use?

3) How much do we use?

Due on Thursday, 01/29/09