Green Building Discussion
Topic: Fuel Source Breakdown for the US
Discussion Participants:
- Steve McGrath asks for sources of energy in the US
- Henry Rogers with some references
- Nadav Malin with the numbers
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Steve McGrath asks for sources of energy in the US
From: Steve McGrath
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 1996 12:52 AM
Can someone tell me, or point me to info about, the proportions of energy use in the US? Proportionally, how much oil, imported and domestic, coal, gas, nukes and renewable? Thanks
Steve McGrath McGrath Associates Build America Radio News Magazine 665 Buchon St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 544-5457
Top of fileHenry Rogers with some references
From: Henry Rogers
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 1996 5:40 AM
Steve,
The two best sources I have come across are the Energy Information Administration Reports. The reports are on the net in some form or another, try FedWorld. The other is the excellent publication by Mathew Freedman while he was at Public Citizen: Renewable Energy Sourcebook - A primer for action. Public Citizen is on the web at: http://essential.org/public_citizen/
Henry
Nadav Malin with the numbers
From: Nadav Malin
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 1996 10:17 AM
Data for 1995 from the EIA (mentioned in Henry's message)--in Quadrillion Btus (everyone else in the world can multiply by 1.055 x 10^6 to obtain Gigajoules)
Coal: 19.614 Natural Gas: 22.254 Petroleum products: 34.663 Nuclear electricity: 7.189 Hydroelectricity: 3.429 Geothermal energy: 0.099 Other*: 0.044
*Includes net imports of coal coke and electricity generated for distribution fromwood, waste, wind, PV, and solar thermal.
nadav@buildinggreen.com