Current Consumption
| Energy in the United States | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capita | Prim. energy | Production | Import | Electricity | CO2-emission | |
| Million | TWh | TWh | TWh | TWh | Mt | |
| 2004 | 294.0 | 27,050 | 19,085 | 8,310 | 3,921 | 5,800 |
| 2007 | 302.1 | 27,214 | 19,366 | 8,303 | 4,113 | 5,769 |
| 2008 | 304.5 | 26,560 | 19,841 | 7,379 | 4,156 | 5,596 |
| 2009 | 307.5 | 25,155 | 19,613 | 6,501 | 3,962 | 5,195 |
| 2010 | 310.1 | 25,776 | 20,056 | 6,205 | 4,143 | 5,369 |
| Change 2004-10 | 5.5 % | -4.7 % | 5.1 % | -25.3 % | 5.7 % | -7.4 % |
Primary energy use in the United States was 25,155 TWh and 82 TWh per million persons in 2009. Primary energy use was 1,100 TWh less in the US than in China in 2009. Same year the share of energy import in the US was 26% of the primary energy use. The energy import declined ca 22% and the annual CO2 emissions ca 10% in 2009 compared to 2004.
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