Tk Forum 2008 Alternative Energy Trivia

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Interestingly this car had a tiller for a steering wheel.

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Edison founded the first electric company and established the first investor-owned utility. In 1882 the Pearl Street Station in New York City began distributing electrical power. It provided 110 vols of direct current to 59 consumers. By 1884, Pearl Street Station was serving 508 customers with 10,164 lamps.

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The United States consumes more energy than China and Russia combined. At 5% of the world's population, the U.S. consumes 23% of the world's energy.

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The U.S. imported nearly 5 billion barrels of oil in 2007. The top five sources of U.S. oil in thousands of barrels included Canada (1,840), Saudi Arabia (1,579), Mexico (1,116), Venezuela (1,030), and Nigeria (851).

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The top five proven natural gas reserves in billions m3 according to the CIA World Factbook are Russia (47,570 2006 est.), Iran (26,370 2006), Qatar (25,790 2007 est.), Saudi Arabia (6,568 2006 est.), and the United Arab Emirates (5,823 2006 est.). The United States is 6th on the list.