Year                                           1850      1900   1920   1940   1960    1970    1980    1990    1995    2000     2005     2010     2020
Energy Consumption per Year (Quintillion Joules)
Coal - U.S.                                        0.3    6.6   15.7   12.6   10.3    13.4    17.0    20.8    20.8     22.4     23.1     21.2     13.7
Coal - Imported                                    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0     0.0     0.0     0.1     0.3      0.3      0.8      0.6      0.2
Natural Gas - U.S.                                 0.0    0.4    1.6    5.1   13.3    22.8    21.0    19.2    20.0     20.5     18.8     21.5     32.7
Natural Gas - Imported                             0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.2     0.9     1.1     1.6     3.1      4.1      4.7      4.1      0.0
Petroleum - U.S.                                   0.0    0.0    1.6    6.3   16.8    23.6    20.4    16.7    15.1     13.5     11.4     10.1     23.0
Petroleum - Imported                               0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    4.2     7.9    15.5    18.1    19.9     25.9     30.8     26.6     13.2
Nuclear Fission                                    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0     0.3     2.9     6.4     7.5      8.2      8.6      8.8      8.4
Biomass                                            2.4    1.8    2.1    1.3    1.4     1.5     2.6     2.9     3.3      3.2      3.3      4.1      5.1
Hydroelectric                                      0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    1.7     2.8     3.1     3.2     3.4      3.0      2.8      2.8      2.6
Geothermal                                         0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0   0.00    0.01    0.12    0.39    0.37     0.36     0.36     0.39      0.2
Solar                                              0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.06    0.07     0.07     0.07     0.12      0.9
Wind                                               0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.03    0.03     0.06     0.19     0.74      2.5
Atmosphere Extraction
Spacial Solar
Total Energy Consumption (J^18)                 2.6  8.74  20.9  25.2          48.0    73.0    83.7    89.5    93.7   101.5    105.0    101.0    102.6
Coal - Exported (J^18)                          0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0           1.1     2.1     2.6     2.9     2.5      1.6      1.3      1.6      2.4
Natural Gas - Exported (J^18)                   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0           0.0     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.2      0.3      0.9      1.1      3.1
Petroleum - Exported (J^18)                     0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0           0.5     0.6     1.2     1.9     2.1      2.3      2.3      4.4     9.6
U.S. Coal Resources (J^18)                   10906 10735 10513 10230          9990    9858    9688    9478    9361     9240     9117     8999     8805
U.S. Natural Gas Resources (J^18)             1263 1262 1262 1260             1256    1225    1182    1143    1043      941      837      731     1113
U.S. Petroleum Resources (J^18)               1806 1806 1790 1711             1474    1269    1041     835     740      650      569      498      297
Annual Population % Growth Rate                 2.3  1.75  1.05  1.55          1.21     1.1    0.95     1.2    1.24     1.05     0.85     0.85      0.7
Population (million)                             24    75  107   132           179     203     226     249     264      281      296      309      327
Energy/Capita (Billions of Joules)             110   117   195   191           268     360     370     359     355      361      355      327      314
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  10.0    7.5     5.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
   0.0    0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
  21.5   10.0     5.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
   0.0    0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
   5.0    5.0     0.5     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
  15.0   15.0    10.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
  20.0   20.0    10.0    10.0    10.0     5.0     0.0     0.0
   6.0    7.5    10.0    10.0     5.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
   5.0    5.0     5.0    10.0    12.5    15.0    15.0    15.0
  10.0   30.0    40.0    50.0    50.0    50.0    50.0    50.0
   2.5    5.0    10.0    20.0    20.0    30.0    35.0    40.0
   5.0    7.5    10.0    12.5    12.5    15.0    20.0    25.0
          0.5     1.0     5.0    15.0    25.0    30.0    20.0
                 10.0    15.0    25.0    50.0    60.0    65.0
 100.0   113    116.5   132.5   150.0   190.0   210.0   215.0
 8674    8587   8524    8499    8499    8499    8499    8499
  826     669    594     569     569     569     569     569
  109      59     31      29      29      29      29      29
350.71 350.71 350.71 350.71 350.71 350.71 350.71 350.71
   285    322    332    378    428    542    599    613
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Energy/Capita
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                                                          US Energy Consumption
                     140
                     120
                     100
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                                                                                                             Geothermal
Quintillion Joules
                     80                                                                                      Hydroelectric
                                                                                                             Biomass
                                                                                                             Nuclear Fission
                                                                                                             Petroleum - Imported
                     60                                                                                      Petroleum - U.S.
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