well I don't what everyone else in the 'broad Canada', but I know that
everyone on my block has jumped on that florescent bandwagon before the
government started pushing it. And about the pumps,.. I feel ybad for all
of you that have the 'crazies' at the pumps. Atleast at southwestern
Ontario (at my city) there are no crazies here. Managed to keep our
prices at 99.3 a litre too (and I think it's do to no crazies!!).

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Jane wrote:

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stefanie bunko wrote:

I think I need to find the title of I book I once read. Very
interesting,..
talks about how Rome rose and fell,.. *laughs* and how American is
following
in it's foot steps. I never understood why Americans think that they
are
'all' in the world. Like if their downfall would create other
countries
to
fall to. *rolls eyes* I think not. Americans buy WAY TO MUCH oil
from
Canada,.. more then what we buy,.. why?

Maybe because the population of the United States is "slightly" larger
than that of Canada?

Because they are way to waste full and use more then we do.

On a per capita basis, Canadian citizens consume about the same amount
(or maybe even a little more) energy as US citizens do. The cold
climate has something to do with that, but there are cold climates
elsewhere in the world that use much less energy on a per capita basis
than Canada uses.

yeah,.. energy,.. natural gas. That is what is used in 'the cold
climate', not oil.

I don't think the hurricanes are going to paralyse the states, but I
hope that it opens the eyes of Americans to realize that you REALLY
need to conserve. Find energies that doesn't destroy the earth.

Good idea. We'll get some people working on that today.

And by the way, relative to per capita energy consumption of decades
past, we're doing quite well at conserving energy these days.

Yes you'll need to use some toxic energies till you get on 'your
feet' -
but
atleast try like us up north.

If Canada had a population equal to that of the United States, you'd
use more energy than we do.

That is true, Steven. I have said before in this group that we have
nothing
to be smug about up here. North Americans on a whole are the biggest
energy
users on the planet and we Canadians are as bad or worse per capita.

Mind you, China and India are rapidly catching up with us, which is why
I do
not support a kyoto deal that excludes them.

I agree. And it's not like we're not taking steps to reduce our energy
consumption. All energy using appliances and equipment are far more
efficient now than ever before. Newer houses are better insulated to
reduce heating and cooling costs. More people are starting to replace
their incandescent light bulbs with those lower wattage florescent
bulbs to save electricity. We all need to be aware of our own personal
energy consumption, and where we can conserve whenever possible.

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On a per capita basis, Canadian citizens consume about the same
amount

(or maybe even a little more) energy as US citizens do. The cold
climate has something to do with that, but there are cold climates
elsewhere in the world that use much less energy on a per capita basis
than Canada uses.

Canadians consume about the same or maybe even a little more?!!? *laughs*
yeah,.. guess you haven't looked it up,.. but here I did it for you;

U.S.A
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/us
Population: 295,734,000
GDP per capita: $39731.65 per person

Canada
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ca
Population: 32,805,000
GDP per capita: $31184.27 per person

looks like we use less to me,.. even if the US has more people, your
country still uses more on a per person basis.

Marvin The Paranoid Android wrote:

Jane wrote:

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stefanie bunko wrote:

I think I need to find the title of I book I once read. Very
interesting,..
talks about how Rome rose and fell,.. *laughs* and how American is
following
in it's foot steps. I never understood why Americans think that they
are
'all' in the world. Like if their downfall would create other
countries to
fall to. *rolls eyes* I think not. Americans buy WAY TO MUCH oil
from
Canada,.. more then what we buy,.. why?

Maybe because the population of the United States is "slightly" larger
than that of Canada?

Because they are way to waste full and use more then we do.

On a per capita basis, Canadian citizens consume about the same amount
(or maybe even a little more) energy as US citizens do. The cold
climate has something to do with that, but there are cold climates
elsewhere in the world that use much less energy on a per capita basis
than Canada uses.

I don't think the hurricanes are going to paralyse the states, but I
hope that it opens the eyes of Americans to realize that you REALLY
need to conserve. Find energies that doesn't destroy the earth.

Good idea. We'll get some people working on that today.

And by the way, relative to per capita energy consumption of decades
past, we're doing quite well at conserving energy these days.

Yes you'll need to use some toxic energies till you get on 'your
feet' - but
atleast try like us up north.

If Canada had a population equal to that of the United States, you'd
use more energy than we do.

That is true, Steven. I have said before in this group that we have
nothing to be smug about up here. North Americans on a whole are the
biggest energy users on the planet and we Canadians are as bad or worse
per capita.

Mind you, China and India are rapidly catching up with us, which is why
I do not support a kyoto deal that excludes them.

Jane

Being from Eastern Ontario, and having been here for the Ice Storm that
shut down the electrical grid for days in the dead of winter, I'd say we
do have a reason to be proud of our behaviour under stressful situations.

No looting, no killing.

Pardon the total brain fart that just happened ... reread your post then
realized I was replying to one I had read a few days ago ... :-D

Great minds work in mysterious ways!

Cheers!

--
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

-Carl Jung