Find Out How Energy Fuels America
From: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public and Consumer Affairs,
Consumer and Public Liaison, Energy Information Administration.
Answers follow the questions.
- Microwave ovens are currently found in what percentage of all U.S.
Homes?
- For which jobs are microwave ovens used most?
Defrosting frozen foods
Cooking meals
Reheating foods
Preparing snacks
- Almost all of us use ovens for cooking. What percentage are electric?
- How many gallons of hot water does the typical dishwasher use during a
normal cycle?
- Ceiling fans are currently found in what percentage of U.S. homes?
10 to 15%
25 to 30%
50 to 55%
- Switching to fluorescent lighting can save consumers a lot of money. How
much money could Americans save collectively each year if we all made the switch
to efficient lighting?
$500,000
$ 1 million
$750 million
- Energy-efficient lighting can reduce home electricity demand up to what
percent?
- In a family of four, if each member takes one 10-minute shower a day using a
standard showerhead, how many gallons of water will the family use a year?
13,000 gallons
73,000 gallons
150,000 gallons
- How much does the typical family spend in a year to run its electric home
appliances?
$100 to $300
$400 to $1,000
$1,100 to $1,500
- How many gallons of gasoline does a typical driver use each year?
1,070 gallons
3,500 gallons
5,100 gallons
- What percent of home heat is lost up an open chimney flue after a fire has
died in the fireplace.
- Industry consumes what percent of the total energy used in the United
States?
- Which renewable energy source generates the most electricity?
Wind power
Hydropower
Solar power
- What energy source provides more than half of the electricity in the
U.S.?
- What is the nation's most plentiful energy source?
Answers
- 84%
- Cooking meals
- 63%
- 14 gallons
- 50 to 55%
- $750 million
- 75%
- 73,000 gallons
- $400 to $1,000
- 1,070
- 10%
- 36%
- Hydropower
- Coal
- Coal
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