The four pie charts compare the amount of
electricity
produced from five different fuel sources in Use synonyms
Australia
and Use synonyms
France
in 1980 and 2000.
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Overall
, Linking Words
Australia
relied mainly on coal in both years, Use synonyms
while
Linking Words
France
became much more dependent on nuclear Use synonyms
power
by 2000. Use synonyms
In addition
, the total Linking Words
electricity
production increased in both countries over the period.
In Use synonyms
Australia
, total Use synonyms
electricity
production rose from 100 Use synonyms
units
in 1980 to 170 Use synonyms
units
in 2000. Coal was the main source of Use synonyms
electricity
, increasing significantly from 50 to 130 Use synonyms
units
. Use synonyms
By contrast
, oil production fell sharply from 20 Linking Words
units
to only 2 Use synonyms
units
, Use synonyms
while
natural gas dropped from 20 to 2 Linking Words
units
. Use synonyms
However
, hydro Linking Words
power
increased considerably from 10 to 36 Use synonyms
units
. Use synonyms
Australia
did not produce any Use synonyms
electricity
from nuclear Use synonyms
power
in either year.
In Use synonyms
France
, the total output doubled from 90 Use synonyms
units
in 1980 to 180 Use synonyms
units
in 2000. The most noticeable change was in nuclear Use synonyms
power
, which increased dramatically from 25 Use synonyms
units
to 126 Use synonyms
units
, becoming the largest source of Use synonyms
electricity
. Coal remained unchanged at 25 Use synonyms
units
, Use synonyms
while
oil rose slightly from 20 to 25 Linking Words
units
. Use synonyms
In contrast
, natural gas decreased from 5 to 2 Linking Words
units
, and hydro Use synonyms
power
declined from 15 to 2 Use synonyms
units
.
In conclusion, coal continued to dominate Use synonyms
electricity
generation in Use synonyms
Australia
, Use synonyms
whereas
nuclear Linking Words
power
became the primary energy source in Use synonyms
France
by 2000.Use synonyms