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Environment & Energy

kristopher

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1. To put that in perspective

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 08:00 AM

Aug 2012

Total end use energy consumption in the US for 2010 was just over 28,000 TWh.

I just got an email from Online Poker pointing out that PV Magazine's headline (which was used as the headline of the OP) is wrong. The number is closer to 400,000 TWh; 4,000 isn't even close.

Thanks - now corrected.

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