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Yes. Wikipedia's number is quite close to that 8: "Primary energy use in the United States was 25,155 TWh or about 81,800 kWh per person in 2009." https://en.wi
by Arnt 8y ago
Yes. Wikipedia's number is quite close to that 8: "Primary energy use in the United States was 25,155 TWh or about 81,800 kWh per person in 2009." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States#Primary_energy_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States#Pr...
- Reason077 8y agoRight, but that's total energy use rather than electricity use. Energy consumption tends to drop significantly where fossil fuel applications can be converted to electric. An electric vehicle is dramatically more efficient than a fossil-fuel burning one, for example. Likewise, an electric heat pump is much more efficient than a gas boiler.