PECSS is “US Primary Energy Consumption by Source and Sector, 2007″, of course.
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Caption:
[1]Excludes 0.6 quadrillion Btu of ethanol, which is included in “Renewable Energy.”
[2]Excludes supplemental gaseous fuels.
[3]Includes 0.1 quadrillion Btu of coal coke net imports.
[4]Conventional hydroelectric power, geothermal, solar/PV, wind, and biomass.
[5]Includes industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and industrial electricity-only plants.
[6]Includes commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants.
[7]Electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.
Note: Sum of components may not equal 100 percent due to independent rounding.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2007, Tables 1.3 and 2.1b-2.1f, and 10.3.
This is one of my favorite graphics from the US Dept. of Energy, since it tells you both how the US uses each energy source (e.g. natural gas is 3% transportation, 34% industrial, 34% residential and commercial, and 30% electricity generation) as well as how we fuel each sector (transportation is 96% oil, and 2% each natural gas and renewables). You can win a lot of bar bets with this one, assuming you hang out at the right kind of bar.
But why does the graphic only go up to 2007? That’s the other reason I’m posting this: The information in this graphic is from the US DOE’s Annual Energy Review, one of “the” publications any self-respecting energy and environment geek should know and use. The latest version is scheduled to be released on its web page sometime later this month. (At which time I expect that they’ll update the PECCS graphic, so it will automagically update here.)
The home page for this graphic is here, where you can download a PDF version.
