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Energy Consumption and Production Trends
By: Yu Kuwabara
Brian Ponczak
February 27, 2002
Energy Consumed by the Industrial Sector
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
En
erg
y C
on
su
med
(Q
Btu
)Coal Consumed by theIndustrial Sector (QBtu)
Petroleum Consumedby the Industrial Sector(QBtu)
Sum of Electricity
Natural Gas Consumedby the Industrial Sector(QBtu)
Total Energy Consumedby the Industrial Sector(QBtu)
•Coal used to be the primary energy source for the industrial sector.
•Currently natural gas, petroleum, and electricity are more widely used.
Energy Consumed by the Commercial Sector
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
1940 1960 1980 2000
En
erg
y C
on
su
mp
tio
n (
QB
tu)
Coal CommercialConsumption, FossilFuels (QBtu)
Petroleum CommercialConsumption, FossilFuels (MMBtu)
Natural Gas CommericalConsumption, FossilFuels (QBtu)
Total Electricity
Total CommercialEnergy Consumption(QBtu)
•Total electricity usage strongly follows the total energy consumed by the commercial sector.
Energy Consumed by the Transportation Sector
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1940 1960 1980 2000
En
erg
y C
on
su
med
(Q
Btu
)
Coal Consumed by theTransportation Sector(QBtu)
Petroleum Consumedby the TransporationSector (QBtu)
Natural Gas Consumedby the TransportationSector (QBtu)
Total Electricity
Total EnergyConsumed by theTransportation Sector(QBtu)
•Petroleum dominates the transportation sector.
Energy Consumed by the Residential Sector
0
5
10
15
20
25
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
En
erg
y C
on
su
med
(Q
Btu
)Coal Consumed bythe ResidentialSector (QBtu)
ResidentialPetroleumConsumption (QBtu)
Residential NaturalGas Consumption(QBtu)
Total Electric
Total ResidentialEnergyConsumption (QBtu)
•Electricity is the primary energy source for the residential sector, followed by natural gas.
Energy Consumed by the Electric Power Sector
0
5
10
15
20
25
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
En
erg
y C
on
su
mp
tio
n (
QB
tu)
Coal Consumed bythe Electric Pow erSector (QBtu)
PetroleumConsumed by theElectric Pow erSector (QBtu)
Natural GasConsumed by theElectric Pow erSector (QBtu)
Nuclear EnergyConsumed by theElectric Pow erSector (QBtu)
•Coal has always been the chief source of energy for the electric power sector.
•Natural Gas and Nuclear energy usage has increased greatly over the past decade.
Industrial Electricity Consumption
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2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
1940 1960 1980 2000
Ele
ctr
icit
y C
on
su
mp
tio
n (
QB
tu)
Industrial ElectricityConsumption (QBtu)
Industrial ElectricConsumption fromCoal(QBtu)
Industrial ElectricConsumption fromPetroleum (QBtu)
Industrial ElectricConsumption fromNatural Gas (QBtu)
Industrial ElectricConsumption fromNuclear Energy(QBtu)
•Coal consumption occupies the greatest amount of total industrial electricity consumption.
Residential Electricity Consumption
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Ele
ctr
icit
y C
on
su
mp
tio
n (
QB
tu)
Total Electric
Residential ElectricConsumption fromCoal(QBtu)
Residential ElectricConsumption fromPetroleum (QBtu)
Residential ElectricConsumption fromNatural Gas (QBtu)
Residential ElectricConsumption fromNuclearEnergy(QBtu)
•Coal is also used in the majority of residential electricity consumed.
•This data is similar to the industrial electricity consumption.
Transportation Electricity Consumption
0
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.12
1940 1960 1980 2000
Ele
ctr
icit
y C
on
su
mp
tio
n (
QB
tu)
Transportation TotalElectricityConsumption (QBtu)
TransportationElectric Consumptionfrom Coal(QBtu)
TransportationElectric Consumptionfrom Petroleum(QBtu)TransportationElectric Consumptionfrom Natural Gas(QBtu)TransportationElectric Consumptionfrom NuclearEnergy(QBtu)
•Overall, transportation electricity consumption has decreased.
•Coal produces most of the electricity used by transportation.
Commercial Electricity Consumption
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
1940 1960 1980 2000
Ele
ctri
city
Co
nsu
mp
tio
n (
QB
tu)
Total Electricity
Commercial ElectricConsumption fromCoal(QBtu)
Commercial ElectricConsumption fromPetroleum (QBtu)
Commercial ElectricConsumption fromNatural Gas (QBtu)
Commercial ElectricConsumption fromNuclearEnergy(QBtu)
•Coal produces most of the electricity used in the commercial sector.
Total Energy Consumption
0
20
40
60
80
100
1940 1960 1980 2000
En
erg
y C
on
su
mp
tio
n (
QB
tu)
Total EnergyConsumed by theTransportationSector (QBtu)Total CommercialEnergyConsumption(QBtu)Total EnergyConsumed by theIndustrial Sector(QBtu)Total ResidentialEnergyConsumption(QBtu)Total EnergyConsumption(QBtu)
•Total energy consumption has increased greatly over the past 50 years, with fluctuations in the 1970s.
•The industrial sector has always used the most amount of energy.