![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161230180502im_/https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/consumption_fallback.jpg)
How much energy do you use?
See how much energy someone like you used in 2012.
Select State
U.S. Average
398,400,000 BTU
That's like the energy in:
Alaska
U.S. Average
burritos
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161230180502im_/https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/burrito_1.gif)
= 5,000 burritos
Alaska
U.S. Average
sticks of dynamite
k sticks of dynamite
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161230180502im_/https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/dynamite_1.gif)
= 50,000 sticks of dynamite
Alaska
U.S. Average
lbs. of coal
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161230180502im_/https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/Coal.gif)
= 1,000 lbs. of coal
That's enough energy to:
Or to...
Take Marty Back to the Future 312 Times
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161230180502im_/https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/clock.png)
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161230180502im_/https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/lightning.png)
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161230180502im_/https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/delorean.png)
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161230180502im_/https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/flames_2.gif)