By some estimates, roughly 5% of all petrol burned in Europe's cars is consumed by air-conditioning units.

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Energy companies produce 85 million new barrels of oil daily.

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In 2008, America's net imports of oil and gas amounted to $416 billion or 60% of its budget deficit.

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BP doled out $10 billion in dividends in 2009.

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The U.S. makes more electricity from nuclear power than another other country in the world — although, when ranked by share of overall electricity, with 20 percent coming from nuclear, it is roughly in the middle.

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In the US, the federal petrol tax has remained at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993.

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[Update - 19/5/2010: Before being changed post John's comment (see below), the stat above read "In the US, the federal petrol tax has remained at just 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993."]

Three-quarters of the world’s crude-oil reserves are owned by national oil companies. By contrast, conventional multinationals control just 3% of the world’s reserves and produce 10% of its oil and gas.

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Currently 439 nuclear reactors are operating in the world - with 40 new ones being built.

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California gets only 1% of its electricity from coal.

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About 20 percent of the world’s power is hydroelectric.

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Russia is the world's second-biggest oil exporter and its biggest gas exporter, yet it sends just 3% of its energy exports to oil-hungry Asia.

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Traffic congestion in 2007 forced urban Americans to travel for 4.2 billion extra hours and buy an extra 2.8 billion gallons of petrol.

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Car and truck airconditioners account for about 5% of annual US motor fuel consumption.

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Energy use per person has remained largely flat over the past 30 years in California, but it has increased by 50% for the rest of America.

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Nuclear energy now generates 78% of all French electricity and the country is a net electricity exporter.

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Global oil consumption is expected to fall by 2.6 million barrels a day (b/d) or about 3% in 2009.

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62 trillion spam emails were sent in 2008; the annual energy consumed by spam is equivalent to the energy usage of more than 2 million typical homes.

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A whopping 40% of all energy used in the US - oil, gas, wind, solar - is converted into electricity.

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About 20% of the world's electricity is used for lighting.

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Coal provides almost 50% of America's and Germany's power, 70% of India's and 80% of China's power.

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