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Old 07-07-2014, 07:01 PM  
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head View Post
In 2013, the United States generated about 4,058 billion kilowatthours of electricity. About 67% of the electricity generated was from fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), with 39% attributed from coal.

In 2013, energy sources and percent share of total electricity generation were

Coal 39%
Natural Gas 27%
Nuclear 19%
Hydropower 7%
Other Renewable 6%
Biomass 1.48%
Geothermal 0.41%
Solar 0.23%
Wind 4.13%
Petroleum 1%
Other Gases < 1%

Solar: 0.23% Less than 1/4 of 1 percent.

Not to mention the failure of numerous solar companies jumping on government "green energy" tax payer funded projects that went broke.


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