California leads the way in green energy, but not green living

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5. Four of the States with the highest energy per person, produce a lot of energy

http://energy.gov/maps/2009-total-energy-production-


In simple terms, it cost energy to produce energy. West Virginia and Wyoming are two of the largest coal producers in the Country. Notice they are also two of the bigger per person users of energy, for it takes energy to produce energy (in the case of Wyoming and West Virginia to produce coal).

Louisiana and Texas also produce a lot of energy, mostly oil and natural gas, but like Wyoming and West Virginia take up a lot of Energy to produce that oil and natural gas and to refine it into something that can be used,

One comment about the above chart, if you go to the Energy Department Web site where the chart is posted and click on California, you will see California only produces 25% of its energy produced in the state with renewable energy production, but Rhode Island and Delaware energy production is 100% renew-ables (The chart ignores that energy produced in one state is often shipped to other state for use, Delaware and Rhode Island both import energy from other states).