US Energy Sources:
Coal 20%
Oil: 26%
Natural gas: 36%
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Nuclear: 9%
Renewables:
Biomass (wood, corn ethanol): 5%
Hydro: 3% (pretty much fixed)
Wind: 1.2% (almost 10 times the solar due to solar cost)
Geothermal: 0.25%
Solar: 0.17% (so low!)
Solar cost is coming down!
US Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.gov/
US imports ~20% of its oil.
~24% from Canada
~10% from Mexico (dropping as Mexico is consuming more of its own oil)
~10% from Saudi Arabia
~8% fromVenezuela
the rest from Nigeria, Russia, Iraq, Columbia, Algeria, Angola, Brazil
About 22% of world oil is exported by SA, 18% by Russia, the rest of the countries are in single digits.
US has 1400 active rigs producing 10 million bbls of oil.
SA has 50 active rigs producing 11 million bbls of oil.
It costs approx. $10 billion to build a nuclear plant!
Coal 20%
Oil: 26%
Natural gas: 36%
___________
Nuclear: 9%
Renewables:
Biomass (wood, corn ethanol): 5%
Hydro: 3% (pretty much fixed)
Wind: 1.2% (almost 10 times the solar due to solar cost)
Geothermal: 0.25%
Solar: 0.17% (so low!)
Solar cost is coming down!
US Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.gov/
US imports ~20% of its oil.
~24% from Canada
~10% from Mexico (dropping as Mexico is consuming more of its own oil)
~10% from Saudi Arabia
~8% fromVenezuela
the rest from Nigeria, Russia, Iraq, Columbia, Algeria, Angola, Brazil
About 22% of world oil is exported by SA, 18% by Russia, the rest of the countries are in single digits.
US has 1400 active rigs producing 10 million bbls of oil.
SA has 50 active rigs producing 11 million bbls of oil.
| >10 | ||
| 7-10 | ||
| 4-7 | ||
| 2-4 | ||
| 1-2 | ||
| <1 |
205 countries
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| (s) = Less than 500 barrels per day |
It costs approx. $10 billion to build a nuclear plant!
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