"The United States Energy Information Administration is a national treasure!
This morning, I was poking around in the latest Monthly Energy Review and I downloaded Table 1.1 Primary energy overview.
It tabulates monthly and annual US primary energy production and consumption since 1949.
I plotted up the primary energy consumption.
Figure 1. US primary energy consumption (1949-2019). EIA “Renewable energy” includes hydroelectric, wind and solar power. A quick look at this graph should tell anyone with at least two functioning synapses in their brain (the typical brain has trillions of synapses) that this is the dumbest thing ever said:
Democrat Joe Biden’s remark that he would “transition” away from oil in the U.S. in favor of renewable energy drew quick attention Thursday night from President Donald Trump, who saw it as a boon to his election chances in key states.
“I would transition away from the oil industry, yes,” Biden said in the presidential debate’s closing minutes under peppering from Trump. “The oil industry pollutes, significantly. … It has to be replaced by renewable energy over time.”
Figure 1. US primary energy consumption (1949-2019). EIA
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