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Fossil fuel use in US is at its lowest percentage in over a century
2016-07-02 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: With the 4th of July weekend about to begin, the US Energy Information Administration decided to look back to our nation's founding. So it plotted the country's energy use starting from 1776. Most of the result isn't a surprise: biomass had a long run before fossil fuels took over and stayed on top. But recent years have seen the biggest change since nuclear was added to the mix. Biomass spent nearly a century on top of the US energy mix before being displaced by coal, although it never went above...
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