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.
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