The Monthly Energy Review chronicles energy production and consumption data through May 2009.
From January to May, production from coal fell from 1.968 quadrillion Btu (QBTU) to 1.722 QBTU — a 13% decline.
The use of natural gas fell 0.6%, from 1.845 QBTU to 1.834 QBTU.
And nuclear went from .771 QBTU .684 QBTU, falling 11.2%.
Can you guess what happened to renewables?
They grew from .650 QBTU to .707 QBTU — a rise of 8.7% — and clearly the only grower of the bunch.
Renewables are the most expensive energy. But, is the Obama regime really committed to produce clean energy - i. e. nuclear and geothermal? The answer is NO. The DOE turned down a request by Usec to guarantee a $2B loan so America would have its own facility to produce nuclear fuel. And the DEO turned down a request from Raser to guarantee a $200M loan to build a geothermal plant. What the Obama regime wants is high cost wind mills and solar farms.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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