An Interesting Way to Look at Your Energy Consumption

Dr. Saul Griffith showed a beta version of wattzon.com, an energy start-up that lets you calculate your energy consumption. Instead of focusing on carbon footprint, Saul advocates computing your energy consumption.

Some highlights

• His 2007 energy consumption was 17000W, but the global average is only 2200 W.
• The US government uses a significant amount of energy on our behalf.
  
• Current worldwide energy demand: 16 terraWatts (TW)
• These figures can be used to determine how much alternative energy must be generated to reduce dependence on energy generation from fossil fuels.