What percent of the US has electricity?

Answer 1

The United States uses about 25% of the world's oil energy. It's hard to calculate exactly, but when all other forms (solar, nuclear, coal, wind, natural gas, etc.) are factored in, the overall percentage used by us is a bit less; maybe 22-23%. This only makes sense when one considers that the U.S. (5% of the world's population) produces 20% of the world's economic output, China is second at about 13%. (as of 2007). Additionally, depending on exactly the numbers used; the U.S. is responsible for 20-30% of the world's GDP (Gross Domestic Pro-duct). In addition to product manufacturing, a large portion of our energy use is devoted to food production; before recent increases in Russian grain production that allowed them to be a net exporter, we practically fed the world. With our usage of lighting, computers, large screen t.v.'s, central a.c , etc. just for residential comfort, it's no wonder why the average person living in the U.S. consumes more energy than others. Next time you hear an environmentalist deride the U.S. for her energy use, ask them about what that energy produces. They will have no idea.

Answer 2

The USA uses 26% of all the world's energy. It would be a safe approximation to say we use 26% of any one energy source as well.

I would figure the margin of error in that approximation to be less than 5%. The margin of error might be higher for nuclear and biomass (i.e. wood) fuels and less for fossil fuels since we could be expected to use a higher proportion of the high tech fuels and a lower proportion of the low tech fuels.

Answer 3

The Department of Energy estimates that in 2009, about 20% of electric power generation in the US was from nuclear reactor plants. The states that produce the greatest percentage of their total output from nuclear energy are Vermont, Connecticut, South Carolina, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and New York.

Answer 4

Only very remote areas will not have electricity from transmission lines, and then they probably have locally generated electricity from diesels or solar. I should think your answer is almost 100 percent.

Answer 5

United States use 43% of world's gasoline.

Answer 6

26%

Answer 7

22%