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 quantities of

electricity

fueled by different types of resources between Australia and France in the years 1980 and 2000. It is obvious that the

electricity

production of the two nations witnessed significant growth over the period shown, in which coal played an increasing role in Australia,

whereas

nuclear power accounted for the majority of producing

electricity

in France two decades later. In 1980, half of

electricity

was generated by coal, which rose to more than three quarters after 20 years, at 130

units

. The trend was the same for hydropower, and the figure approximately doubled, increasing to 36

units

.

By contrast

, there was a sharp decline in generating

electricity

by oil and natural gas, which became almost negligible, and there was no data recorded for nuclear power. The amount of

electricity

powered by nuclear grew significantly with the figure rising from 15 to 126

units

over the 20-year period in the European country, which outnumbered twofold of the rest of the sources combined. The

units

of

electricity

produced by coal (25

units

in 1980) and oil (20

units

in 1980) nearly remained unchanged, at 25

units

respectively in 2000,

whereas

the proportions in the

overall

production were losing in popularity.

However

, the quantities of

electricity

supplied by natural gas and hydropower were only 2

units

respectively, in 2000 showing a marked decrease of 23 and 3

units

compared with the previous year’s figures.