1. Europeans use more than twice as muchenergy as the average world citizen.The EU uses one fifth of the worldsenergy and an average EU citizenconsumes 1 kilowatt-hour every six hours, which creates 420g of CO2.

2. The EU aims to reduceenergy consumption by 20%by the year 2020, throughenergy efficiency.Furthermore, EU goal is to cutgreenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by2050 and this has serious implicationsfor our energy system. 3. In Europe, transport isthe biggest energyconsumer followed byindustry and householdsThe average EU citizen drives 30 km to get towork, using 2 liters of petrol which equals in 5.5kg of CO2 emissions. Better public transportwould provide an alternative. 4. Heating represents 70 % ofhousehold energy consumptionand about 14 % of EUgreenhouse gas emissions 5. Switching to energy-savinglight bulbs saves enoughenergy to power 11 millionhomes a yearSaving energy doesnt have to be a financialburden: switching to efficient light bubbles willbring 25 yearly savings by 2020 to averagehousehold. 6. Join the challenge, makenew initiatives cometrue with the EuropeanLiberal Democrats.Winning proposals will be discussed by partysleading politicians while top contributor to thechallenge will be invited to the European LiberalParty Congress in Dublin.