Sunday, January 19, 2020

For The Archives -- US Energy Consumption -- 2018 --EIA

Link here.



The upper graph extends back to 1950.

After 68 years: as a percentage, the only way wind and solar can even be seen on a pie chart is to break out "renewable energy" as a block which includes hydroelectricity and biomass. Solar does not even break the 1% threshhold; wind, at 2.4%. This is about where the percentages were during peak interest in renewable energy some years ago.

From the report:
Crude oil production generally decreased each year between 1970 and 2008. In 2009, the trend reversed and production began to rise, and in 2018, U.S. crude oil production was 22.8 quads, the highest on record. More cost-effective drilling and production technologies helped to boost production, especially in Texas and North Dakota.
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