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Uses Of Energy

Submitted by pvsa9@yahoo.in on January 10, 2009

Uses of Energy



Topics:

Production and consumption trends


Uses by economic sector: transportation, industry and residential/commercial




Production and consumption trends



Current global energy use by type (in percent)



Energy type


Percent use


Percent use without wood



Oil


33

38


Natural gas


17

20


Coal


26

30


Nuclear


3

4


Fuelwood


15



Hydropower


6

7


Windpower


Less than 1

Less than 1


Solar


Less than 1*

Less than 1*


Geothermal


Less than 1

Less than 1


Notes:



*solar use is intrinsically underestimated as we don't know how much passive solar energy is used in heating, for example.

Fossil fuel use is 76%, or 88% without fuelwood

Wind, solar, and geothermal total about 1%.

Production and consumption of energy is misbalanced

Production and consumption ratios:



Region/

country


Oil

Natural gas

Coal


OPEC


7

1.4

1.3


NOOE


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