EGEE102:Energy Conservation and Envrionmental Protection
LESSON 2:
Energy Supply and Demand
Objectives
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Current and Future Energy Sources of the United States

Looking at the U.S. Energy Profile, one can see that the U.S. is the world's largest energy producer, consumer, and net importer.

The U.S. also ranks:

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 First in worldwide reserves of coal.
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Sixth in worldwide reserves of natural gas.
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 Eleventh worldwide in reserves of oil.


Total energy flow (quadrillion BTUs) of the United States (2006)