Charts and Graphs
Click on pictures below to learn more about our energy use.
U.S. Primary Energy Consumption by Source and Sector, 2008
U.S. Primary Energy Consumption by Source and Sector, 2008 (Quadrillion Btu)
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Exergy
The amount of energy that is useful for human uses for energy services.
Global Exergy Flux, Reservoirs and Destruction
Source: The Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S.
Current and historical comparisons of greenhouse gas emissions
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Cost of Carbon Abatement
How much greenhouse gas emissions can be abated beyond “business as usual” in 2030, along with the costs of different abatement strategies.
The different costs of abating greenhouse gas emissions in 2030
Source: Originally published by the McKinsey group in their “McKinsey Quarterly” publication (http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/home.aspx)
Breakdown of Building Energy Use
Buildings use about 40 percent of energy in the U.S. Here’s a look at where that energy goes.
Breakdown of building energy use
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (link)
Click here to see typical home energy costs
Gapminder
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Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.
Gapminder’s Web site includes the “Gapminder World” software, which is an interactive and animated time series application that compares data from countries around the world over indicators such as health, income and energy use.
See how Gapminder is used to compare CO2 emissions historically between China and the U.S. in this video.