The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.

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Defying the trend in the rest of the United States, Californians have kept their energy consumption per capital at about the same level since 1974, according to the Washington Post.

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Ukraine uses 138, 000 BTUs of energy for every dollar of GDP--roughly 30 times the level of consumption in Japan.

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