So, to follow up on Mr. Sigrists thoughts, I wanted to see just how much impact the $70 billion has on the energy prices we as consumers pay. So, without going into too much detail on the subject, according the the U.S. Energy Information Administration during the time period from 2002-2008, the United States consumed $5.9 trillion of fossil fuel energy (this statistic came from a compilation of numerous reports of which can all be found throughout the Energy Information Administrations website).