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Vashon
Conservation
The Vashon-Maury Island
community uses an
uncommonly large amount of
energy, as noted below. The
energy use can be divided
into home use of energy,
transportation use and
business use. Approximately
89% of the electricity use
is consumed by homes (per
Puget Sound Energy data),
and probably an even higher
proportion of heating is
home based.
Vashon-Maury Island Residential Per Capita Energy Use
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Energy Type
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Units
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Vashon
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WA State
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USA
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Electricity
|
kWh
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9,242
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5,568
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4,069
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Nat Gas
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cu ft
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14,952
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12,216
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16,786
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Fuel Oil
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gal
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49
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8
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21
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LPG
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gal
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38
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14
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22
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Wood
|
cord
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0.21
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0.12
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0.07
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Gasoline
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gal
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167
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445
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459
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Diesel
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gal
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215
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117
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132
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Population
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#
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10,123
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5,894,121
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281,421,906
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The potential for energy
conservation is examined
the the report "ENERGY
CONSERVATION POTENTIAL FOR
VASHON-MAURY ISLAND",
available in
pdf format.
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