The two pie charts show how different industries used electricity in 1995 and 2005. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The two pie charts show how different industries used electricity in 1995 and 2005. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
The pie charts compare the energy production of various industries in 1995 and 2005, measured in percentage.
Overall
, coal dominated the production of energy in both years, topping other electricity sources namely gas,
petro
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petrol
, nuclear, and other materials. The coal domination was already started in 1995 with 29.80% of the population using it as energy production. The percentage tailed closely by 29.63% of the industries which used gas and 29.27% that chose petro to produce electricity, far above nuclear which only accounted for 6.40%.
Lastly
, other material was comprised of 4.90% of the population. A decade later, coal still dominated the chart with 30.93% of the industries remaining to use it, followed by gas which slightly increased to 30.31%.
On the contrary
, the popularity of petro usage to obtain electricity dropped to 19.55% in 2005,
while
both nuclear and other materials almost doubled to 10.10% and 9.10% respectively.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • pie charts
  • industries
  • electricity usage
  • 1995
  • 2005
  • comparison
  • increase
  • decrease
  • service sector
  • manufacturing sector
  • residential sector
  • agricultural sector
  • main features
  • summarize
  • reporting
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