The Environment

Electricity, Where do thy come from?

Your burning curiosity to know the amount of fossil fuels that we consume in the US for electricity is now satisfied. Seems like a lot to me…

Period
Coal
(000’s Tons)
Petroleum
(000’s Barrels)
Natural Gas
(000’s Mcf)
Other Gases
(000’s Btu)
2000
994,933
195,228
5,691,481
125,971
2001
972,691
216,672
5,832,305
97,308
2002
987,583
168,597
6,126,062
131,230
2003
1,014,058
206,653
5,616,135
156,306
2004
1,026,018
209,508
6,116,574
186,796
2005
1,045,878
211,256
6,486,761
176,906

Thank you, again, to the wealth of information available at the Department of Energy for these statistics.

Energy Information Administration

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