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Americans used more energy in 2013

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Saturday, April 5, 2014 5:35 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/04/americans-used-more-energy-2013?et_c
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Americans used more energy in 2013

Americans used more renewable, fossil and even nuclear energy in 2013, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/energy.html#2013

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Each year, the Laboratory releases energy flow charts that illustrate the nation's consumption and use of energy. Overall, Americans used 2.3 quadrillion thermal units more in 2013 than the previous year.

The Laboratory also has released a companion chart illustrating the nation's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. Americans' carbon dioxide emissions increased to 5,390 million metric tons, the first annual increase since 2010.

Wind energy continued to grow strongly, increasing 18 percent from 1.36 quadrillion BTUs, or quads, in 2012 to 1.6 quads in 2013 (a BTU or British Thermal Unit is a unit of measurement for energy; 3,400 BTU is equivalent to about 1 kilowatt-hour). New wind farms continue to come on line with bigger, more efficient turbines. Most new wind turbines can generate 2 to 2.5 megawatts of power.

Natural gas prices rose slightly in 2013, reversing some of the recent shift from coal to gas in the electricity production sector. Although this did cause carbon dioxide emissions to increase in 2013, "the power industry is building a lot of natural gas plants," said A.J. Simon, group leader for Energy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. "Gas plants are cheaper than coal plants. Natural gas is going to be a winner into the foreseeable future."

Overall natural gas use increased by 0.6 quads. Losses in the electricity sector were more than offset by greater gas use in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. "2013 was a cold winter," Simon said. "We expect to see continued high gas consumption in 2014, due to another tough winter on the East Coast."

Nuclear energy was greater in 2013 than in 2012. "The use of nuclear energy fluctuates a little from year to year," Simon said. "It's likely that in 2013, fewer reactors were down for refueling than in previous years." However, a few of the nation's about 100 reactors have recently closed for good, such as the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in Pendleton, Calif.

The transportation sector is using more renewable energy, specifically biomass that is converted to ethanol. "This has been going up over time," Simon said. "We're expecting the fraction of biomass in transportation to remain relatively steady."

The majority of energy use in 2013 was used for electricity generation (38.2 quads), followed by transportation, industrial, residential and commercial. Energy use in the residential, commercial transportation and industrial sectors all increased slightly.

Petroleum use increased in 2013 from the previous year. Simon estimates that, with oil prices remaining relatively constant, this is likely due to the modest economic expansion. However, "The increase isn't as sharp as it might have been because Americans are buying more efficient cars, which are slowly replacing older, less efficient automobiles.."

Rejected energy increased to 59 quads in 2013 from 58.1 in 2012, rising in proportion to the total energy consumed. "Not all of the energy that we consume is put to use," Simon explained. "Heat you feel when you put your hand on your water heater and the warm exhaust from your car's tailpipe are examples of rejected energy." Comparing energy services to rejected energy gives a rough estimate of each sector's energy efficiency.

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Saturday, April 5, 2014 5:42 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

And that energy use is WITH Obama continuing the recession, high unemployment rate and such. Imagine how bad / good it'll be once all those shovel ready jobs kick in!

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 5, 2014 5:54 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

I'm sure you can point to where your claims are true on the chart.

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."

-- Thomas Paine, The American Crisis No. V (1776)

OONJERAH
We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.

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Saturday, April 5, 2014 5:59 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki:
I'm sure you can point to where your claims are true on the chart.

Is Obama President ? Yes.

He's been in office for how long ?

Oh, and it says we used more energy. Right there, in the headline.

game - set - match.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 5, 2014 6:07 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

"Imagine who (sic) bad / good it'll be once all those shovel ready jobs kick in!"

I'm sure you can point to where your claims are true on the chart.

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Saturday, April 5, 2014 6:31 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Truth is not confined to the article, chicken lips.

TRUTH is derived from those things which are self evident.

If we're in a recession, then we're using less power, as a nation, than we would when factories are up and running, MORE people are at work, and the economic engine is in high gear.

Is this too much for you ?

Oh lookie ! Solar Energy used -> 0.0849

If only Solyndra hadn't gone tits up....

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 5, 2014 6:47 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

In other words, all you have are your assumptions about how things are - which are self-contradictory (I'll point out how shortly), and also you have no facts to back up any of your claims.

And here's where your assumptions are at odds with each other - if the economy is in recession as you claim, and economic strength drives energy consumption as you claim - then how did a weak economy drive increased consumption?

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Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:16 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

As noted in the article, the winter of 2013-14 was colder than the 2012-2013 winter (by quite a bit, actually), so commercial and residential heating by gas and electricity probably contributed a good bit to this increase.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2013/13

"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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Sunday, April 6, 2014 8:39 AM

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America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:
As noted in the article, the winter of 2013-14 was colder than the 2012-2013 winter (by quite a bit, actually), so commercial and residential heating by gas and electricity probably contributed a good bit to this increase.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2013/13

Don't be silly, Geezer. EVERYONE knows that this past winter was WARMER than normal.

" In 2013, the contiguous United States (CONUS) average temperature of 52.4°F was 0.3°F above the 20th century average, and tied with 1980 as the 37th warmest year in the 119-year period of record. The 2013 annual temperature marked the coolest year for the nation since 2009. The 2013 CONUS average temperature was 2.9°F cooler than the 2012 average temperature, which was the warmest year on record for the nation "

Context... not one of the warm-monger's best traits.

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Sunday, April 6, 2014 12:14 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

definition of a troll: "and I refuse to chase others in a mindless, endless circle of " debate " on the internet. If I 'bitch out' of a discussion, I've said all I'm going to say on the matter, my views have been presented, and there's nothing left to add."

Because, according to rappy, his backyard = the entire US, and a few weeks in winter = the entire year.

Context - not his strongest suit.

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