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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
In 2013, the United States generated about 4,058 billion kilowatthours of electricity. About 67% of the electricity generated was from fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), with 39% attributed from coal.
In 2013, energy sources and percent share of total electricity generation were
Coal 39%
Natural Gas 27%
Nuclear 19%
Hydropower 7%
Other Renewable 6%
Biomass 1.48%
Geothermal 0.41%
Solar 0.23%
Wind 4.13%
Petroleum 1%
Other Gases < 1%
Solar: 0.23% Less than 1/4 of 1 percent.
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Solar is just now taking off it. The very first nuclear power plant didn't instantly create the most power. Solar is something that will take over in the next 20 or 30 years. It's not quite as simple as flipping a light switch, you should have enough brains to figure that out. The investments are being made now, hence the reason I showed the example of Queensland which is already far ahead of us.