Buildings Energy Data Book

1.5 : Generic Fuel Quad and Comparison

1.5.2

Consumption Comparisons in 2010

One quad equals:

50.2 million short tons of coal

enough coal to fill a train of railroad cars 4,123 miles long (about one and a half times across the U.S.)

974.7 billion cubic feet natural gas

8.2 billion gallons of gasoline = 21.2 days of U.S. gasoline use

22.89 million passenger cars each driven 12,400 miles

20.12 million light-duty vehicles each driven 12,200 miles

all new passenger cars sold, each driven 50,000 miles

13.69 million stock passenger cars, each driven 11,500 miles = 10% of all passenger cars, each driven 11,500 miles

all new passenger cars each making 9 round-trips from New York to Los Angeles

172.4 million barrels of crude oil = 14.45 days of U.S. imports = 245 days of oil flow in the Alaska pipeline at full capacity

the amount of crude oil transported by 483 supertankers

16.8 hours of world energy use

the electricity delivered from 258 coal-fired power plants (200-MW each) in one year

the electricity delivered from 37 nuclear power plants (1000-MW each) in one year

average annual per capita consumption of 3.17 million people in the U.S.

the approximate annual primary consumption of any one of the following states: Arkansas, Mississippi, Kansas, Oregon (1)

Note(s):

1) All states listed have annual energy consumption that is within 20% of one quad. Consumption numbers for states are from 2009.

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