Howard Winter 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? 

It was never time to make it up in the first place :)


>> 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.

Errr... some problem with the reading here, I'm afraid :)

You just missed out on a crucial part of the dimensions. The US total
consumption is 100 P BTU *per year*, or 350 GJ *per person per year*. 


BTW, the "international BTU" is about 1055 J. I used BTU in the first
number because that seems to be what most international statistics seem to
offer (at least the ones I found). (Wouldn't it have been easier if they
had defined the "international BTU" to be 1000 J? :)

Gerhard

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