Middle Volga region..

— — USA* — 12 327 kWh Tataria — 8 246.6 kWh Russia* — 7 560 kWh Udmurtia — 6 585 kWh Bashkiria — 6 487 kWh China* — 5 950 kWh Germany* — 5 875 kWh Chuvashia — 4 526 kWh Mordovia — 4 324 kWh Mari El — 3 966 kWh First, we will collect the republics of the Volga region in sequence by the number of kilowatt hours consumed per capita per year. The USA, Russia, China and Germany have been added for comparison. An American consumes energy almost twice as much as a Russian, and twice as much as a German and a Chinese...

— — There is such an amazing tribe — the Chuvash. And this tribe has an equally amazing state — Chuvashia. According to the calculations of the United Nations (and not only), the rate of grain consumption per person is 1 ton of grain per year. This ton includes not only the grain itself (bakery, pasta, etc.), but also livestock products (milk and dairy, meat, fish, etc.), which is calculated in grain equivalent, how much grain per year need to spend to get a consumption rate, for example, milk and...

— — Tatarstan and Bashkortostan have a comparable population of just over 4 million people. Tatars are more successful, than Bashkirs, in agriculture (Tatar 0.922 tons of grain per capita versus Bashkir 0.787 tons of grain per capita). Tatars are also richer and more developed, than Bashkirs, in industry (Tatar 8 243.8 kWh per capita versus Bashkir 6 508.5 kWh per capita). Actually, the difference in values of 2 MWh per capita is a chasm. This difference is equivalent to the consumption of 8 billion kWh per year, and that's a lot...