“In 1998, only 7.5 percent of our nation's energy came from renewable resources, even though the amount of renewable energy available was more than 250 times U.S. energy consumption.”

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In 1978, only eight percent of U.S. households had microwave ovens. As of 2006 over 80 percent have them.

The size of a typical American home has increased from 1100 to 1800 square feet over the past ten years.

Ninety-nine percent of the natural gas used in the United States comes from North America.