Americans continue to use more renewable energy sources

Americans continue to use more renewable energy sources: "Americans used more natural gas, solar panels and wind turbines and less coal to generate electricity in 2012, according to the most recent U.S. energy charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Each year, the Laboratory releases energy flow charts that track the nation's consumption of energy resources.

Natural gas use is up particularly in the electricity generation sector, where it has basically substituted directly for coal, while sustained low natural gas prices have prompted a shift from coal to gas in the electricity generating sector, according to A.J. Simon, an LLNL energy systems analyst.

Energy Flow Charts and Archive here.
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