ELECTRIFYING STATISTICS ABOUT ENERGY THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU

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