Energy Facts At A Glance
- A 10-year, $300 billion investment in energy efficiency could create 3.3 million new jobs in the United States.
- Gas prices at the pump are up 50% since 2000, and the price of home heating oil has almost doubled over the same period.
- The 2005 energy bill pushed through the Congress and signed by President Bush created $6 billion in subsidies and tax breaks for oil and gas companies though in the same year those companies raked in more than $64 billion in profits.
- A single terrorist attack on key Saudi facilities could knock 6 million barrels per day off the world market and push oil prices past $100 per barrel.
- Unchecked climate change, higher sea levels and temperature fluctuations over the next decades are, insurance companies warn, liable to cost the U.S. $100 billion to $300 billion per year.
