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To: Skywatcher who wrote (9498)	9/2/2009 9:13:07 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24211

How Nuclear Just Got Bum-rushed By Nick Hodge \| Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 For the second month in a row, renewable energy has provided more energy than all nuclear reactors in the country combined. The [EIA]Monthly Energy Review chronicles energy production and consumption data through May 2009. From January to May, production from coal fell from 1.968 quadrillion Btu (QBTU) to 1.722 QBTU — a 13% decline. The use of natural gas fell 0.6%, from 1.845 QBTU to 1.834 QBTU. And nuclear went from .771 QBTU .684 QBTU, falling 11.2%. Can you guess what happened to renewables? They grew from .650 QBTU to .707 QBTU — a rise of 8.7% — and clearly the only grower of the bunch. Sorry for the numbers and figures, but there would be more than a handful of doubters if I simply claimed renewable energy production growth outpaced coal and natural gas, while its total production was greater than nuclear for the first five months of 2009. energyandcapital.com