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Renewable Energy Usage Surpasses Nuclear

August 23, 2011

There are a ton of energy sources. Some are renewable, some not so renewable. On the renewable front, we have a bit of good news and a bit of not so good news. Good news, for the first time, renewable energy usage surpasses nuclear energy.

According to the the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), over the past eight years, renewable energy has slowly inched up to be nearly on par with nuclear energy consumption.

All this sounds great, and it shows but it’s not the whole story. We still have a ways to go for renewable electricity.

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Image Credit: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review

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