The per capita energy consumption in the United States (and Canada) is roughly twice that of it's OECD partners. Contribute to this discussion by giving us your opinions on why this is the case. Of course, opinions backed by facts (and referenced if necessary) are the best kind. Some ideas you might want to address are

• What factors are involved?
• What historical factors may be changing?
• Is this a bad thing, or nothing to worry about?
• If it's a bad thing, what do you do about it?

Two to three concise paragraphs should be enough. Make this a true discussion by making significant comments ("I agree" is not significant) on two other student entries.