US energy use dropped in 2012 as renewables, natural gas rose | Ars Technica
US energy use dropped in 2012 as renewables, natural gas rose | Ars Technica:
Yes, the US has backed off a little with energy use during the recession, especially.
That would be a good thing if not for the emissions from China and India.
This is an AMAZING chart of the energy in and the energy out within the USofA. This has been an interesting chart to watch over the years.
~95.1 Quads
That is Quadrillion BTUs. (British Thermal Unit). If you think a Quadrillion is a LOT, you are right.
Double interesting in this picture is the the “rejected energy”. That is 58.1, estimated to be the same as that used. Therefore the right side is about 116.2 (58.1 + 58.1). I guess the left side is the 95.1
It takes some time to fully understand this diag, over time it is very interesting.
Note the drop in Coal in the US. Nat gas is so clean and cheap it is likely to put coal out of business. In the USA anyway.
We’ll send it to China? By now China must have exceeded half of the worlds coal consumption.
Want to look at forecasts of the future, go to US Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook 2013.