The line graph gives information about the production of coal, gas and petroleum in the UK from 1981 to 2001.
It is clear from the graph that there was a decline in the production of all three types of fuel over the given time period, especially coal.
To begin
, coal started out with the highest value of 127 Linking Words
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produced in 1981, and Use synonyms
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plummeted to 51 Linking Words
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in 1984. Use synonyms
Thereafter
, the ratio recovered significantly to 106 Linking Words
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in 1986. From Use synonyms
then
onwards, the ratio has been consistently declining and eventually reached a low of 35 Linking Words
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tonnes
in 2001.
The manufacturing of petroleum showed a slight increase from 96 to 100 Use synonyms
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at the very start of the period. From 1983, there was a gradual decrease in production to a low of 79 Use synonyms
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in 1989. Later on, from 1991 to 2001 the numbers remained relatively stable, between 80 to 87 Use synonyms
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.
Natural gas manufacturing started at 72 bem and increased for almost 10 years, reaching a high of 113 bem in
1990. That point marked the start of the gradual decline of around 5 bem per year, to the low of 67 in 1999.
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, there was a slight recovery to 72 cm in 2001.Linking Words
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