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To: RetiredNow who wrote (71120)	9/18/2006 8:38:19 PM
From: rkral	Respond to of 77400

OT -- re: "All I care about is that we no longer use oil for our cars." I was surprised to learn we only get 3% of our electricity from oil. According to our DOE ... Net Generation by Energy Source by Type of Producer, 2004 Energy Source Thousands of Percent Megawatt-hours of Total ------------------------------------------ Coal 1,978,620 49.8% Petroleum 120,646 3.0% Natural Gas 708,979 17.9% Other Gases 16,766 0.4% Nuclear 788,528 19.9% Hydroelectric 259,929 6.5% Other Renewables 90,408 2.3% Other 6,679 0.2% ------------------------------------------ Total 3,970,555 100.0% eia.doe.gov