ELECTRIFYING STATISTICS ABOUT ENERGY
Added on: 10th Jul 2016
ICELAND PRODUCES ALL ITS ENERGY FROM
RENEWABLE SOURCES. HYDROELECTRIC
PROVIDES ABOUT TWO THIRDS AND
GEOTHERMAL COVERS THE REST
ABOUT HALF OF THE NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE
UNITED STATES IS DERIVED FROM OLD
SOVIET WARHEADS
NORWAY GETS NEARLY 99% OF ITS ENERGY FROM
HYDROELECTRIC POWER. THAT IS THE MOST OF
ANY COUNTRY ON EARTH
ON OCTOBER 28TH 2013, WIND GENERATED
122% OF DENMARK'S POWER NEEDS
THE CURIOSITY ROVER IS POWERED BY A NUCLEAR
GENERATOR THAT IS BARELY STRONG ENOUGH
TO POWER A CEILING FAN
LIQUID FLUORIDE THORIUM REACTORS COULD
POWER ALL THE WORLD'S ENERGY NEEDS FOR
AN ENTIRE YEAR USING ONLY 7,000 TONS OF
THORIUM. THAT IS ABOUT 1 FOOTBALL
FIELD WORTH
FRANCE GENERATES SO MUCH NUCLEAR POWER
THAT IT ACTUALLY EXPORTS IT
IN 1963, QUEBEC NATIONALIZED ELECTRICITY.
THIS LED TO 96% OF QUEBEC'S ENERGY COMING
FROM HYDROELECTRIC SOURCES. IT ALSO HAS
SOME OF THE CHEAPEST RATES ON THE CONTINENT
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