One barrel of oil contains 42 gallons of fuel and a gallon of petrol consists of 43 KWh of
energy equivilent (so lets say 40 KWh).
Not exact matches
First off is that the USA is powering up its wind capability and has installed 25 GW of it which sounds amazing to us here in the UK until you read its only
equivilent to just over 1 % of the USA
energy requirement.
Maybe the media thinks that we really can continue to live our
energy intensive lives here in the west, whilst the east also tries to bring
equivilent numbers of people into the first world ethos.