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Offline Speelgoedmannetje

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Re: The US is almost out of the top 10 energy consumers
« on: August 29, 2004, 09:38:46 PM »
Pity these figures don't show the avarage amount of electricity/energy used per citizen.
tis a bit weird to compare for instance the US (278 million citizens) with the Netherlands (16 million citizens) with these figures.
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Re: The US is almost out of the top 10 energy consumers
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2004, 11:53:51 AM »
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Pity these figures don't show the avarage amount of electricity/energy used per citizen.
tis a bit weird to compare for instance the US (278 million citizens) with the Netherlands (16 million citizens) with these figures.


Uh, they do. Per capita means "per head", i.e. per citizen. The actual number of citizens is immaterial.
okay, sorry, my fault :oops:
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