Average cans consumption in the U.S is 131e9 cans a year, this equates to about 1.15 cans/day. According to McKay this would translate into 0.69 kWh/day
Trash
The average American throws out 4 lbs of garage a day or about 2 kg. According McKay this would account for about 20 kwh/person/day of embodied energy wasted.
Computers
The life cycle of a computer is the same in the U.S as it is in Britain: 2.5 kWh/person/day
Newspaper
Americans consume approx. 1.5 times the reading material than the UK (American Newspaper Assosciation), so using McKays logic this translates to 3 kWh/person/day
Car/road/house
The car and house would be comparable to Britain, so 15 kWh/day
Roads on the other hand....
The U.S has 4200000 km of paved road (DOT). Over 40 years, the cost of the road is 35,000 kwh/m (McKay), so...
((4.2e9 * 35,000)/(40 years*365 day))/300000000 people = 33.56 kwh/person/day
TOTAL FOR "STUFF": 74.8 kWh/person/day
Waste Generation Map (enivronbuz)
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