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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5515)2/23/2007 7:25:58 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 24213
 
"The critical point in my mind is this:
electricity produced from nuclear sources fell by 24.1 per cent;"

UK Energy Descent Continues
Posted by Chris Vernon on February 22, 2007 - 9:06pm


The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) today (22nd Feb 2007) released the latest national energy statistics to the end of 2006. The Excel sheets can be downloaded ", in summary:

Main points
In 2006 total production was 196.1 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 9.0 per cent lower than in 2005. Within this, production of petroleum fell by 9.3 per cent, production of Natural Gas fell by 9.1 per cent and production of coal fell by 8.3 per cent.
Latest three months
Total production of indigenous primary fuels in the three months to December 2006 stood at 48.0 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 11.7 per cent lower than the corresponding period a year ago.

For the three months October to December 2006 compared to the same period a year earlier:

production of petroleum fell by 6.2 per cent;
production of natural gas fell by 13.5 per cent;
production of coal and other solid fuels fell by 20.7 per cent;
electricity produced from nuclear sources fell by 24.1 per cent;
electricity produced from wind and natural flow hydro rose by 25.7 per cent.

europe.theoildrum.com