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So my daughter is angry again, no surprise there - lot of people are angry these days, they've cut to the bone and fuel prices are STILL killing them. She is angry, however, at us (you, me, everyone older than 16) because of this chart.

Now there are a lot of things that are interesting about this chart, but the thing that has got her spitting mad - I am not joking about this - is the gray area, the LOST ENERGY. According to the chart, over 60% of our energy here in the U.S. is lost, i.e., it actually serves no useful purpose, does no work, transports nothing, accomplishes nothing.

She can't fathom how we would make a system that is so wasteful, then kill one another etc. rather than make it (or remake it) to be more efficient. And this is doubly true since she is also following the climate change situation and of course, to be destroying the planet to generate energy that no one uses strikes her as something worth being angry about.

So here is my challenge. I know we have challenges aplenty, but: (1) tell me how and why this energy is being lost and (2) propose some ways we can reduce that waste. I'll give out my Carboneers for the best responses. Hurry, please, this household's harmony depends on you.