ELECTRIFYING STATISTICS ABOUT ENERGY THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU
Added on: 11th May 2016
THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY USED BY HOMES IN THE US
FOR AIR CONDITIONING CONSTITUTES ROUGHLY 20%
OF ELECTRICITY USAGE IN THE COUNTRY
IN BRAZIL THERE ARE JAILS THAT ALLOW INMATES
TO PEDAL BIKES THAT POWER LOCAL VILLAGES IN
EXCHANGE FOR REDUCED SENTENCES
SWEDEN IS SO GOOD AT RECYCLING THAT IT HAS
TO ASK NORWAY FOR TRASH IN ORDER TO KEEP
THEIR WASTE-TO-POWER RUNNING
NEARLY ONE QUARTER OF THE ELECTRICITY IN BRAZIL
IS GENERATED BY A SINGLE POWER PLANT.
MORE THAN HALF OF SWISS ENERGY COMES FROM
HYDROELECTRICITY, AND THE REST FROM NUCLEAR
POWER WHICH MAKES ITS POWER NETWORK ALMOST
CO2 FREE
PUMPED STORAGE HYDROPOWER ALLOWS FOR
ENERGY TO BE STORED IN A CLEAN FASHION FOR
LONG PERIODS OF TIME. BASICALLY, WATER IS
PUMPED UP A HILL AND WHEN IT FLOWS BACK DOWN
IT GENERATES ELECTRICITY THAT WILL
PUMP IT UP AGAIN
NONE OF THE TITANIC'S ENGINEERS ESCAPED.
THEY ALL WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP BECAUSE
THEY WERE BUSY KEEPING THE POWER ON FOR OTHERS
THE DINORWIG POWER STATION IN WALES HAS ONE
JOB – TO PROVIDE EXTRA POWER DURING COMMERCIAL
BRAKES WHEN EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY FIRES UP
THEIR ELECTRIC KETTLES TO MAKE TEA
NUCLEAR ENERGY TODAY PRODUCES LESS CO2 THAN
SOLAR AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY. ONLY WIND AND
WATER ENERGY ARE CLEANER
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