Created 11/15/07
We're sending $53 million dollars each day out of the Northwest to pay for oil and gas.
Read more at: http://www.sightline.org/nw-energy-habit
The Northwest spent $19.3 billion, a new record, to import petroleum and natural gas in 2006, the last year with complete data. Adjusted for inflation, that’s 13 percent over… (more) 2005. State by state in 2006 we spent:
Washington: $10.9 billion
Oregon: $6.1 billion
Idaho: $2.2 billion
What does that add up to?
* 4 percent of the Northwest states' entire economic output--money that could have been in circulation in our local economies.
* More than the total spending in the Northwest states on public K-12 education in 2006.
* More than total 2006 spending on hospital care in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
* More than three and a half times the total spending on prescription drugs in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2006.
What can you do?
Find out more about promising energy solutions that can make the region's system efficient and secure here:
http://www.sightline.org/research/energy/res_pubs/climate-policy-project (less)
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