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

The graph below gives information from a 2008 report about energy consumption in the USA since 1980, with projections until 2030. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant.
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The chart shows
energy
use for the past 28 years and predictions for the next 32 years. The types of
energy
include Petrol and Oil, Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Solar/Wind, and Hydropower. From the chart, we can see that most
energy
use stays the same, especially in the future predictions.
However
, there were some changes in the past for the top three
energy
sources. Petrol and Oil, starting at 35 quadrillion units, and Coal, at 15 quadrillion units, will slowly rise to about 45 and 30 quadrillion units. Both will keep increasing over the next 32 years. Nuclear, Solar/Wind
,
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and Hydropower had small changes in the past. But they will stay steady, with Hydropower as the least used. Natural Gas might look like these
energy
sources, but in the future, it will become the third most used
energy
, just below Coal.
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Vocabulary: The word "stays" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • energy consumption
  • trends
  • marked increase
  • dominant source
  • modest increase
  • projections
  • renewable energy
  • nuclear energy
  • noticeable decline
  • span
  • petroleum
  • natural gas
  • coal
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