In 2002, the following amount of electricity, in gigawatt-hours, was generated from the following sources of fuel:
Coal: 1,925,792 GWh
Nuclear: 779,461 GWh
Gas: 695,226 GWh
Hydro: 255,077 GWh
Fuel oil: 91,629 GWh
Biomass: 71,534 GWh
Other (geothermal, non-wood waste, wind and solar): 22,737 GWh
Currently, OIL provides the largest share of U.S. energy consumption -- about 41 percent of the entire market. Natural gas provides about 24 percent, coal 23 percent, hydropower 4 percent and nuclear power 8 percent.
In the United States, natural gas is used for:
Industrial processes = 46%
Residential use = 22%
Generating electricity = 15%
Commercial buildings = 15%
When the U.S. began the occupation of Iraq 72% of Americans thought that Saddam Hussein ORDERED the September 11th attacks. The Bush/Cheney ticket aka misinformation administration claimed to have evidence at the time.
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later they were both eaten by a killer whale.
Libya had one of the lowest standards of living in the world until the oil boom of the 1960s.
The exploration for oil in the southern deserts of Libya discovered vast underground resources of water which will be tapped by the Great Manmade River Project. The Great Manmade River Project will enable Libya to reclaim land from the desert with the aim of agricultural self-sufficiency by bringing water from the natural underground supplies in the south. The natural reserves tapped by this civil engineering project will provide water for several hundred years.
Sphynx cats need regular baths because they have no fur to absorb their skin oils, which can build up and leave greasy marks on furniture.
Alaska residents get a yearly payment from the Permanent Fund Dividend, which is funded by the state's oil wealth.
Orange peels get their scent from an oil called limonene.
Sodium is stored under oil to keep it from reacting with air and moisture.
Vincent van Gogh created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, in just over a decade.
It takes thousands of pounds of rose petals to make a single pound of rose oil, much of which comes from Bulgaria's Rose Valley.
Sunflower oil became popular in Russia partly because it wasn't on the Russian Orthodox Church's list of foods banned during Lent.
A 2007 NIH study linked lavender oil to breast growth in some young boys.
Gutenberg adapted the screw press, which was already used to squeeze grapes for wine and olives for oil, and paired it with a new oil-based ink that stuck to metal type.