Energy Conservation

Comments

I thought I would write about matters concerning Energy production, consumption and general statistics referencing Canada's role.:

BURNING OFF THE ENERGY

·        Canada produces 6,621,813 terajoules² of natural gas and consumes 3,178,675

·        We produce 561,805 gigawatt hours and consume 534,439

·        Coal production is 78,510 kilotonnes and use 62,926 kilotonnes

·        Fossil fuels result in 83% of Canada's energy production

·        We rank 3rd in production of natural gas

·        Crude oil is produced at a rate of 6,300 oil tanker trucks per day

·        Wood is used in approx 5% of homes as the primary fuel

·        Homes using natural gas as the primary fuel source is approx 64%

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ENERGY SOURCE

·        Pipeline length in Canada id over 580,000 kilometers

·        Imported fuel being transported by the pipeline is just over 33%

·        Canada's total fuel (energy) supply carried by the pipeline system is 67%

·        The amount of crude oil and natural gas produced in Canada transported by the pipeline is over 95%

·        Our natural gas travels at over 20 kilometers per hour through the pipeline

·        Electrical transmission grids are approx 165,000 kilometers in Canada

·        Canada produces over 5% electricity as compared to the world production

·        We as Canadians consume, per capita globally, 3rd in electrical energy 

RECYCLE

·        We can save approx 1/3 the cost of producing new steel from scrap product

·        Fossil fuel energy used to run a television for 3 hours can be the recycling of one aluminum can

·        Energy equivalent saved for every tonne of recycled paper is equal too 1,500 litres of fuel

·        We can reduce air pollution by 75% if we use recycled fiber than new wood fiber

·        The carbon dioxide emissions from a land fill will be reduced by over 2 tonnes if we recycle

Just the facts…………just the facts laid out in a larger scale. So if everybody does their part in recycling, the planet will say THANK YOU and Canadian's will also be better off.