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At citizenJoe's "Don't Be Crude" Policy on the Rocks party in NYC, we raffled off two seasons of the wire - to a guest who scored highest on a little energy quiz. The questions - and answers are below.
questions
1) The US consumes...
- a) 12%
- b) 22%
- c) 32%
- d) 42%
of the world's energy.
2) The cheapest energy today comes from...
- a) coal
- b) hydropower
- c) nuclear power
- d) petroleum
- e) wind
3) Of our top oil buddies (below), we import most from...
- a) Canada
- b) Mexico
- c) Nigeria
- d) Saudi Arabia
- e) Venezuela
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has about...
- a) 2.3 - 5.8
- b) 5.7 - 16
- c) 14 - 28.6
- d) 27.3 - 42
billion barrels of oil. (The US uses about 7 billion barrels a year by comparison.)
5) Most greenhouse gases come from...
- a) commercial uses
- b) industry
- c) residential uses
- d) transportation


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