Christopher Atkerson
26th October 2011 |
The amount of oil in barrels per day consumed by the United States of America is 18,690,000. The amount of barrels per day consumed by China is 8,200,000. The amount of barrels per day consumed by Japan is 4,363,000. The United States of America consumes 10,490,000 more barrels per day than China. The United States of America consumes 14,327,000 more barrels per day than Japan. The United States of America, in capita, consumes 68.672 barrels per day, per 1,000 people. China, in capita, consumes 5.733 barrels per day, per 1,000 people. Japan, in capita, consumes 39.291 per 1,000 people. I think the United States of America consumes so much oil compared to other countries because our economy is a "wanting-economy". We can never settle for what we have; we always want more. I think China consumes so much oil because of the updated technology in vehicles that require more oil to run efficiently. I think Japan also consumes so much oil because of the updated technology in vehicles that require more oil to run efficiently. |
Whatevz
21st July 2011 |
There is no oil in the world it is water with black food colouring |
shitty
17th November 2010 |
this isn't help |
Jaime RIVERA
12th October 2010 |
For this fundamental data a third type of report is required. It should be called Oil use per privately owned vehicle.
It would make transparent to all readers in the world the situation of some countries where thereare many "Energy Hogs" while others are responsible energy users in their way to achieve energy sustainability. |
Niall Kavanagh
3rd July 2010 |
Hello as i am from Ireland i am shocked that Ireland is the 11th in the world per capita consumer in the world with a population of 5 million Every irish person (in fact every person in the so called developed world should view Annie Leonard's video "The Story of Stuff"
The is the link to video
http://storyofstuff.org/index.php
Time for the world to wake up to the fact we are consuming too much too fast
America has 5% of the world's population but consumes 30% of the plants resources
it very often has stolen from other countries or at minimum given them very little for it.
The story of stuff will explain all - well done Annie Leonard ! |
Jennifer Harper
11th June 2010 |
Logan, I disagree. The purpose of giving a per capita number is to have a more comparable oil usage amount. Lists that give oil usage without reference to number of people are the misleading lists. |
Will
27th May 2010 |
Hay Logan, F(CK YOU |
Logan Carland
4th May 2010 |
All personal attacks aside...
The information in the chart is supposed to throw you off. The United States consumes more barrels of oil per day than any other country in the world. We consume more oil than China, Japan, Germany, Russia, and India combined. The latter are, of course, #2-6. In terms of population, that's 307 million consuming more oil than 2.8 billion. That's a 1:9 ratio.
Still feeling ecologically minded? |
P Smith
23rd January 2010 |
Obviously Torsten is clueless about the US VI being a tourist destination and tax haven, or those islanders liking cars (GDP$16K), or about the number of fishing boats, or about the number of airplanes, or about the fact that nearly all good consumed are imported.
Obviously, Torsten knows nothing.
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paul pawlowski uk
19th November 2009 |
gamma delta
divide the mammoth share it out equally - gallon of petrol per year everybody |
Torsten (Maryland)
9th January 2008 |
1,060 bbl/day per 1000 people in US Virgin Island? It is impossible!!! It doesn't make sense, because 1 barrel equals 45 gallons. NO BODY can't burn more than 30 gallons PER DAY in their own car!!! Maybe could be for Fishing boats that they are using gas for netting fish that it can burn largely gas.. What else? |
Kari Rodems (California, USA)
10th February 2007 |
But doesn't Per capita mean per person average? And aren't people always saying that the US citizens are using up more of the world's natural resources and destroying the world's atmosphere because we are just over consuming and not world minded like the "rest" of the the world's population? Then if the USA is only 17th in per capita usage doesn't that indicate that the citizens of the USA are perhaps a little more ecologically minded than we are given credit for? And when consumption per capitia is calculated, isn't it on a gross petroleum usage and not taking in to account that petro chemicals are in everything from hair brushes to CD's to clothing, and that much of our industry that uses petrochemicals in the production of their goods, is exported and "consumed" by those outside the US? |
Jim Scarborough (Cary, NC)
3rd February 2007 |
> Why does usa rank 17th on per capita consumption
> and #1 on consumption by country?
Because the United States has a much larger population than the first 16 countries listed per-capita. |
Kari Rodems (California, USA)
29th January 2007 |
Why does usa rank 17th on per capita consumption and #1 on consumption by country? |
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