Did you know…….

1. Every day, Australians use enough electricity to power eight million TVs or to charge over 110 billion mobile phones.
2. Households and manufacturing are neck-and-neck for the title of busy energy-using sector in Australia.
3. The poles and wires of Australia’s connected south-eastern system run to a total length of around 800,000 kilometres.
4. Agriculture is the smallest energy-using sector in Australia, consuming only two percent of Australia’s total consumption.
5. Two-thirds of our ‘energy resources’ are exported.
6. Renewable energy accounts for just 5% of energy consumption.
7. Solar hot water usage trebled in the last five years.
8. The transport sector is the largest end-user of energy in Australia (and you, not the trucks and trains are the highest consumers).
9. Over the past 30 years, electricity prices have risen by a factor of 5.
10. Over 75% of our electricity generation comes from coal.