The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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On October 28, 2013, wind power provided 100% of Denmark's power. At 2:00am, it was producing 122% of the country's energy needs.
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If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
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Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.
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