The graph below gives information from a 2008 report about consumption of energy in the USA since 1980 with projections until 2030. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below gives information from a 2008 report about consumption of energy in the USA since 1980 with projections until 2030.

Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The given line graph illustrates the amount of
utilization
of different sources of
energy
in
quadrillion
units
in America since 1980 with the future prediction of
energy
usage by 2030. To commence with, petrol and oil usage was 35
quadrillion
units
in 1980 which showed fluctuation until 1995 between 35 to 30
quadrillion
units
before steadily increasing to 40
quadrillion
units
by 2005. The future prediction for petrol and oil
utilization
is a slow increase to about 42
quadrillion
units
by 2020 followed by a sharp increase to 45
quadrillion
units
by 2025 which will remain stable for the next few years before jumping up to 50
quadrillion
units
by 2030. In 1980, natural
gas
was the second major source of
energy
at 20
quadrillion
units
which dropped down to approximately 17
quadrillion
units
by 1985 and with a fluctuation trend predicted to increase to 25
quadrillion
units
by 2015 which will remain stable until 2030.
On the other hand
, coal whose
utilization
was lower than natural
gas
in 1980 i.e., about 4
quadrillion
units
difference, with an overlapping trend with natural
gas
will surpass the latter by 2015 expected to hit around 30
quadrillion
units
by 2030. The
utilization
of nuclear, solar
wind
,
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and
hydropower
were all at nearly 3
quadrillion
units
in 1980 but nuclear
energy
utilization
increased to about 7 quadrillions after fluctuation which was predicted to remain there by 2030. The solar
wind
was the second
last
source of
energy
with
utilization
predicted to remain somehow stable at 5
quadrillion
units
by 2030 after showing some downward trend in 1995 where
hydropower
utilization
remained a little over solar
wind
energy
. The
energy
of
hydropower
is predicted to be the least consumed
energy
by 2030 i.e., about 3
quadrillion
units
.
To sum up
, petrol and oil are the major sources of
energy
since 1980 with the future prediction of increased usage by 2030 followed by coal and natural
gas
. The
utilization
of nuclear, solar
wind
,
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and
hydropower
is the least among all
energy
sources predicted to remain at the lowest consumption by 2030.
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