The graph below gives information from a 2008 report about consumption of energy in the USA since 1980 with projections until 2030. Sumarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisions where relevant.
The line graph illustrates the
energy
consumption
in the USA, which is provided by a report in 2008, over a period of 50 years, between 1980 and 2030 (predicted).
Overall
, petrol and oil accounted for the largest amount of consumed energy
over the entire period, whereas
consumption
of renewable energy
resources, including hydropower, solar or wind, and nuclear energy
, was the lowest. Moreover
, it is predicted that similar patterns will be seen until 2030.
In 1980, the figure for petrol and oil usage stood at 35 quadrillion
units
, while
the amounts of coal and natural gas consumption
were lower at nearly 16 and 20 quadrillion
units
. From this
year until 2030, an erratic increase can be seen in the consumption
of these three sources of energy
, where the growth in usage of petrol and oil as well as
coal is predicted to be more significant (approximately 15 quadrillion
units
). On the other hand
, from 1980 to 2008, all renewable energy
resources consumed fewer than 8 quadrillion
units
, being less popular among all six categories. The prediction also
reveals that the variations of these figures until 2030 are marginal and insignificant, where each green energy
resource will be used fewer than 10 quadrillion
units
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Vocabulary: Replace the words energy, consumption, quadrillion, units with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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