[Poundstone]

500 trillion cubic feet. Anybody know what that represents in terms of natural gas usage in the US? How many cubic feet the US used, say, last year?

[thackney]

500 trillion cubic feet. Anybody know what that represents in terms of natural gas usage in the US? How many cubic feet the US used, say, last year?

21.65 trillion cubic feet used in 2006.

Natural Gas Consumption by End Use
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/ng_cons_sum_dcu_nus_a.htm

4.17 trillion cubic feet imported in 2006.

U.S. Natural Gas Imports by Country
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_impc_s1_a.htm

[decimon]

Anybody know what that represents in terms of natural gas usage in the US?

In the other thread someone offered a chart indicated some 22 trillion cubic feet annually.