Dashboard of Energy Facts

US Sales of Hybrids Down 6% in July 08 US sales of hybrids were down 6% in July 2008 year-on-year, for a new vehicle market share of 2.4% ofr the month. Global Energy Consumption Up; Coal Fastest Growing Fuel The ongoing strength of world economic growth last year, despite financial market turmoil which began in August, continued to support global energy consumption. Although Growth in primary energy consumption slowed in 2007 compared to 2006, but at 2.4% it was still above the 10-year average for the fifth consecutive year, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy. Coal remained the fastest-growing fuel, but oil consumption grew slowly. US VMT Down 1.8% in April; Sixth Straight Month of Declines US vehicle miles traveled (VMT) dropped 1.8% in April, for the six monthly decline in a row. Total estimated VMT for the month was 245.9 billion miles. Moving 12-month total shown. Sales of Cars Pass Trucks Three Months Running Car sales in May exceeded truck sales for the third month in a row, with the gap between the two widening each of those months. New US Hybrids in April Pass 3% Market Share Reported sales of hybrids broke past a 3% share of new vehicle sales in April 2008.

• Energy Flow from DOE

 
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Transportation: 30%; Residential, commercial, industrial with 20%+ share.

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  U.S. Energy Consumption by Fuel (1980-2030) 
  (quadrillion Btu)
  


• Interesting Page of Oil Stats

In terms of total US energy usage, the breakdown by source is given in the following table (for late 2001):

Energy Source	Percentage of total
Petroleum	42%
Coal	24%
Natural Gas	20%
Nuclear	8%
Hydro power	2%
Solar, Wind, etc.	2%

GENI Energy Map of the USA, power grid, nuclear plants