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http://visual.ly/interesting-facts-statistics-about-swimming-pools

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10.6M pools / 318M people = 1 pool for every 30 people in the US.
 
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Don't have a permanent pool in your backyard..no problem..inflate one in minutes!



Also time to break out the deck grill
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http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity-consumption
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https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3

How much electricity does an American home use?
In 2014, the average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,932 kilowatthours (kWh), an average of 911 kWh per month. Louisiana had the highest annual consumption at 15,497 kWh per residential customer, and Hawaii had the lowest at 6,077 kWh per residential customer.


http://science.howstuffworks.com/en...h/sustainable/5-energy-hungry-appliances1.htm

Refrigerators
The top-consuming kitchen appliance in U.S. households, and separate freezers are next on the list. The approximate energy range is 30-200 kWh/month

Dehumidifiers
An appliance that removes moisture from the air. In very humid, wet areas, like South Florida or the U.S. Northwest, this can be crucial for health reasons, since too much water vapor...Lots of people leave dehumidifiers running all the time. Using a dehumidifier might consume 160 kWh/month, which is probably more than your refrigerator uses

Electrical water heater (in some area natural gas is used)
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, heating water is responsible for 12 percent of U.S. home energy use. We use the water heater in so many applications: showers, cleaning dishes, cleaning clothes -- it's a pretty ubiquitous part of our daily routine. And at an average consumption of 400 kWh per month, it's also a power-intensive one.

Air Conditioning
An air-conditioning unit might use anywhere from 200 to 1,800 kWh/month
  • Window unit: 200-650 kWh per month
  • Heat pump: 600-1,800 kWh/month
  • Central air: 300-900 kWh per month

Home heating system
The kWh range for heating devices is extremely broad, running from a measly 100 kWh per month to a shocking 3,500 kWh/month
  • Baseboard unit: 100-500 kWh/month
  • Portable heater: 200-300 kWh/month
  • Heat pump: 900-2,000 kWh/month
  • Electric furnace: 1,500-3,500 kWh/month
 
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American convertible fun...

Ford Mustang

Chevrolet Camaro

Chevrolet Corvette

Doesn't seem to be any Chrysler/Dodge this year.
 
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Keeping America green...

http://fusion.net/story/183116/lawns-are-now-the-largest-single-crop-in-america/

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The American lawn is now the largest single ‘crop’ in the U.S.

Americans’ lawns now cover an area three times larger than any irrigated crop in the U.S.

According to a new study from NASA scientists in collaboration with researchers in the Mountain West, there is now an estimated total of 163,812 square kilometers, or more than 63,000 square miles, of lawn in America — about the size of Texas.

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Tourist arrivals into USA continue to rise, despite the (wrong) impression of being not as welcoming a country as before:

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Waterslides!


raft waterslides! You know things are crazy when it has seatbelts!
 
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