Where does our energy come from?
In the United States, all of the energy we use come from one of five sources:
This is how countries like the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Canada, and Germany compared as of 2009.
*Solar, hydro, and other renewable sources
Until 1957, the U.S. produced as much energy as it consumed. Today, our net energy imports account for 22% of all
energy consumed.
Since the 1960s we’ve doubled our energy consumption and quadrupled our net energy imports.
Of the total energy the U.S. imports,
5% is natural gas, coal, nuclear, and renewable sources…
…and 95% is petroleum.