Monday, 16 November 2009

Transport Energy Usage

Hybrid Power

A Toyota Prius can travel 20km per litre of petrol when driving in city conditions, while a Lamborghini Murcielago will only travel 3.4 km.


Petrol Consumption

In 2008, U.S. drivers are expected to use 9.26 million barrels of gasoline a day, down 0.3% from 2007.

Long Haul Flight


A Boeing 747 return flight from London to New York consumes about 100 tonnes of kerosene.


Transportation
in the USA

On an average day the 140 million cars in America are estimated to travel almost 4 billion miles, and according to the US Department of Transportation, they use over 200 million gallons of gasoline doing it.

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