Re: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

[Erik Reuter]

On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 07:32:55PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:

> Actually, Canadians use more energy per capita than we do, and
> use significantly more per GDP unit.  They have some good reasons
> for this: inherently energy intensive industries such as aluminum
> production, cold winters, and a spread out nation.  But, the US has a
> harsher climate than Europe, inherently energy intensive industries
> and a spread out nation too.

Harsher climate I can readily understand, but would you elaborate on how
you determine that the US and Canada are more "spread out" and how this
results in more energy use?

Canadian population is highly concentrated within a few hundred miles
of the US border.

And for the US, how do you measure "spread out"? Population density? How
exactly does this translate to greater energy use?

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