An average energy use year

Activity	TVH
Gasoline used driving a Hummer H2 15,000 miles / year	550,000 TVH
Gasoline used in a mid sized automobile 15,000 miles / year	275,000 TVH
Gasoline used in a Toyota Prius hybrid 15,000 miles / year	100,000 TVH
Electricity used by the average US home / year	73,000 TVH
Air conditioning the average home / year	20,000 TVH
1990 Model 18 ft3 refrigerator / year	12,000 TVH
Watching six hours of TV on a plasma TV every day / year	10,950 TVH
Air conditioning a home with new air conditioners / year	10,000 TVH
Constantly running a 100 watt incandescent light bulb / year	8,760 TVH
2003 Model 18 ft3 refrigerator / year	4,850 TVH
Constantly running a florescent light bulb / year	2,920 TVH
Watching six hours of TV on a 24” tube TV every day / year	2,190 TVH
Not recycling 537 soda cans the average person drinks / year	1,611 TVH
Watching six hours of TV on a LCD TV / year	657 TVH

As can be seen in the table above. The greatest usage of energy occurs in the automobile.

Lindsay Leveen is proposing that the US have an "Engineering General" just like we have a Surgeon General. The Engineering General would set policy on the problems associated with the usage of products from an engineering perspective particularly energy consumption. Hummers would have a warning sticker like "Danger the Engineering General has determined that this vehicle has so poor fuel efficiency that you could run 1,507 TVs 7 by 24 365 days per year with the gasoline you are going to use each year driving 15,000 miles"