the pie charts below show units of electricity production by fuel source in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000.

The pie charts compare the

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of

electricity

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production

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using five different fuels in two separate countries in 1980 and 2000.

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Australia

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and

France

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both had a similar increase in total

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and an obvious change in each category of fuel used. In the comparison between 1980 and 2000,

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depended virtually on coal to produce

electricity

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,

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nuclear power was used increasingly in

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to do

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. Coal took the lion's share of Australian

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production

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with 50

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in 1980 and ballooned to 130

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in 2000.

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's

electricity

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production

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, which was produced through coal, had stable figures with 25

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in these two years.

France

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saw a sharp increase in the quantity of

electricity

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generated by nuclear power, from only 15

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in 1980 to 126

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in 2000,

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Australia

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did not use

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kind of energy source. The figures

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natural gas for both nations fell dramatically to 2

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in 2000.

Electricity

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production

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by oil was moderate in these countries in 1980.

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, in 2000,

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dropped to 2

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,

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France

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rose slightly from 20 to 25

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.