Statistics
Electricity:
- production 4,126 TWh in 2010
- consumption 3,877 TWh in 2010
Electricity - production by source:
- petroleum: 0.9%
- natural gas: 24%
- coal: 45%
- renewable: 10.4%
- nuclear: 20% (2010)
Oil:
- production: 9.688-million-barrel-per-day (1,540,300 m3/d) (2010 est.)
- consumption: 19.15-million-barrel-per-day (3,045,000 m3/d) (2010 est.)
Heat Engines are only 20% efficient at converting raw energy (oil) into work. Electric transmission (production to consumer) loses over 23% of the energy due to generation, transmission, and distribution
Read more about this topic: Energy Policy Of The United States
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