ENERGY - US Wastes 61–86% Of Its Energy

Originally published on Outlier, Opower's blog. An updated analysis published last month by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory suggests that the USA is just 39% energy efficient. Put another way, more than half (i.e. 61%) of the energy that flows through our economy is ultimately wasted. The predominance of inefficiency is conveyed by the energy-flow diagram bel ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/26/us-wastes-61-86-of-its-energy/?amp