Energy Consumption and Production Trends

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Energy Consumption and Production Trends

• By Yu Kuwabara
• Brian Ponczak
• February 27, 2002

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Energy Consumed by the Industrial Sector

• Coal used to be the primary energy source for the
  industrial sector.
• Currently natural gas, petroleum, and electricity
  are more widely used.

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Energy Consumed by the Commercial Sector

• Total electricity usage strongly follows the
  total energy consumed by the commercial sector.

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Energy Consumed by the Transportation Sector

• Petroleum dominates the transportation sector.

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Energy Consumed by the Residential Sector

• Electricity is the primary energy source for the
  residential sector, followed by natural gas.

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Energy Consumed by the Electric Power Sector

• Coal has always been the chief source of energy
  for the electric power sector.
• Natural Gas and Nuclear energy usage has
  increased greatly over the past decade.

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Industrial Electricity Consumption

• Coal consumption occupies the greatest amount of
  total industrial electricity consumption.

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Residential Electricity Consumption

• Coal is also used in the majority of residential
  electricity consumed.
• This data is similar to the industrial
  electricity consumption.

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Transportation Electricity Consumption

• Overall, transportation electricity consumption
  has decreased.
• Coal produces most of the electricity used by
  transportation.

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Commercial Electricity Consumption

• Coal produces most of the electricity used in the
  commercial sector.

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Total Energy Consumption

• Total energy consumption has increased greatly
  over the past 50 years, with fluctuations in the
  1970s.
• The industrial sector has always used the most
  amount of energy.