Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours)

http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/indicators.cfm?x=207&y=1&z=1 ^

[tomjohn77]

HDI Rank Country Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours)

1980 2002

1 Norway 22,400 1 26,640 1 2 Iceland 13,838 29,247 3 Australia 6,599 11,299 4 Luxembourg 10,879 10,547 5 Canada 14,243 18,541

6 Sweden 11,700 16,996 7 Switzerland 5,878 2 8,483 2 8 Ireland 3,106 6,560 9 Belgium 5,177 8,749 10 United States 10,336 13,456

11 Japan 4,944 8,612 12 Netherlands 4,560 6,958 13 Finland 8,372 16,694 14 Denmark 5,059 6,925 15 United Kingdom 5,022 6,614

16 France 4,633 3 8,123 3 17 Austria 4,988 7,845 18 Italy 3,364 4 5,840 4 19 New Zealand 7,270 10,301 20 Germany .. 6,989

[tomjohn77]

Some interesting numbers

[MEG33]

Lack of access to natural gas may explain some of the usage?

[An.American.Expatriate]

Interesting, but, what's your point??

[Safetgiver]

Norway has to use a lot to keep them mooses warm so they don't bite my sister.

[EagleUSA]

Some interesting numbers
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But, what is most critical is the total demand on a country basis. That will skew that picture drastically.

[Red Badger]

Has She tried Lapp Dancing?.........To keep warm?.........

[lOKKI]

TODAYS BEST QUOTE WHEN USED OUT OF CONTEXT:

"Norway has to use a lot to keep them mooses warm so they don't bite my sister."

! A major prize will be given to the person who writes the best question to accompany that statement !

My first attempt:

What Scandinavian country is the number one purchaser of fur-lined moose-muzzles?

[Red Badger]

The power of Lutefisk is overwhelming!..........not to mention the smell.......

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Safetgiver]

Yup. But her yurt kept falling on the floor.

[Red Badger]

Yup. But her yurt kept falling on the floor.

Don'tcha just hate it when that happens?.......It gets all dirty and nasty........

[glorgau]

I like tables...

HDI Rank	Country	Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours)
		1980	2002
1	Norway	22,400 1	26,640 1
2	Iceland	13,838	29,247
3	Australia	6,599	11,299
4	Luxembourg	10,879	10,547
5	Canada	14,243	18,541
6	Sweden	11,700	16,996
7	Switzerland	5,878 2	8,483 2
8	Ireland	3,106	6,560
9	Belgium	5,177	8,749
10	United States	10,336	13,456
11	Japan	4,944	8,612
12	Netherlands	4,560	6,958
13	Finland	8,372	16,694
14	Denmark	5,059	6,925
15	United Kingdom	5,022	6,614
16	France	4,633 3	8,123 3
17	Austria	4,988	7,845
18	Italy	3,364 4	5,840 4
19	New Zealand	7,270	10,301
20	Germany	..	6,989
21	Spain	2,906	6,154
22	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	2,449	6,237
23	Israel	3,187	6,698
24	Greece	2,413	5,247
25	Singapore	2,836	7,961
26	Slovenia	..	6,791
27	Portugal	1,750	4,647
28	Korea, Rep. of	1,051	7,058
29	Cyprus	1,692	5,323
30	Barbados	1,333	3,193
31	Czech Republic	..	6,368
32	Malta	1,627	4,939
33	Brunei Darussalam	2,430	8,903
34	Argentina	1,413	2,383
35	Hungary	2,920	3,972
36	Poland	3,419	3,549
37	Chile	1,054	2,918
38	Estonia	..	5,767
39	Lithuania	..	3,239
40	Qatar	10,616	17,489
41	United Arab Emirates	6,204	14,215
42	Slovakia	..	5,256
43	Bahrain	4,784	10,830
44	Kuwait	6,849	16,544
45	Croatia	..	3,558
46	Uruguay	1,163	2,456
47	Costa Rica	964	1,765

[Safetgiver]

From what my cousin said, it already was!!

[DumpsterDiver]

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