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>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 27 April 2006 14:33
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [OT] Chernobyl - 20 years ago today
>
>
>Gerhard,
>
>On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:17:58 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>
>> James Newtons Massmind wrote:
>> 
>>...
>> > But the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
>> 
>> Ouch... why is it that this fallacy is so popular? Haven't 
>there been 
>> enough examples yet to show that this doesn't work?
>
>Hear Hear!  This ludicrously simplistic view (and its other 
>forms) have lead to so many foreign policy 
>catastrophes in the past, that surely it's time so scrap it?
> 
>> Funny that nobody mentioned the IMO biggest energy source: more 
>> efficient use.
>> 
>> US total consumption: 100 P BTU/year, or 350 GJ/person/year
>> Germany total consumption: 14 P BTU/year, or 200 GJ/person/year
>
>Errr... some problem with the arithmetic here, I'm afaid! 
>
>If 100 P BTU = 350 GJ (and I haven't worked it out) then 14 P 
>BTU must be 49 GJ.


Howard,

I assumed that the P BTU figure is the total energy consumption for the entire country and the number in GJ is per person.  As the population of the US and Germany are considerably different this is where the discrepancy you have noted arises.

Regards

Mike

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