Re: [Phys-l] Energy use (was CFLs)

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Spinozalens@aol.com wrote:
> It's absolutely vital that we reduce our Carbon emission and clearly a big  
> part of this is reducing our energy consumption. The per capita energy  
> consumption in the United States is about twice as much as Europe. Studies  
> show that standard of living is directly correlated with per capita energy  use 
>  but standard of living gains level off at  the  energy consumption rates 
> reach a certain value.  The U.S with about 4  percent of the world's 
> population used about 24 percent of the total energy  production in the world. So we 
> would need about 6 worlds worth of resources if  everyone used as much 
> energy as Americans do. 
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> Bob Zannelli 
Despite what some studies show,  how would you feel about the US 
decreasing its energy
input per capita by increasing its standard of living to Scandinavian 
levels -   which is
to say  that the coupling between standard of living and energy input 
is not quite as
straightforward as one might suppose ...in my view.

Brian W