#1: Iceland consumes 4 times more electricity per capita than the United States.

FALSE CONCLUSION: “Icelandic people must be very wasteful and non-ecofriendly!”

In 2014, Icelandics consumed 53832kWh of electrcity per capita. By comparison, Americans only consumed 12994kWh per capita, and Brits only consumed 5130kWh per capita.

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#1: Venice is at the same latitude as Montreal (45.5 degrees North).

Let that sink in for a moment.

#2: London is not a rainy city.

London only gets an average of 23.7 inches (602mm) of precipitation per year.

That's the same amount of precipitation as San Francisco (23.7" or 601mm per year), and less than half the annual precipitation of New York City (49.9" or 1268mm per yr).

#3: Palm trees are not confined to the tropics.

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