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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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