How Much Energy Do We Use at the Holidays?

By Michael Webber and Emily DonahueDecember 23, 2013 3:44 pm

The holidays are here and it might surprise people how energy-intensive they can be. Commentator Michael Webber is keeping a list – and checking it twice – on some ways we burn fuel this time of year.

For starters: There’s the energy involved in travel to visit family – those long road trips over the hills and through the woods to visit Grandma, plane flights, even train travel.

Then there’s the energy for heating our homes during cold weather. In the northeast that’s likely fuel oil; gas in the Southwest; and electricity in the South. Then there are all those presents!

Listen to the audio above to add more to the list.