U.S. electricity generation from coal.
The transportation sector is the largest consumer of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States. Largely due to reliance on petroleum-based motor fuels, the transportation sector consumed over 25.9 quadrillion British thermal units of fossil fuel energy in 2022. By comparison, fossil fuel consumption within the electric power sector has experienced an overall declining tendency in recent years, following a decline in Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by sector (in trillion British thermal units)
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Total consumption
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Consumption by segment
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EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (May 25, 2023). Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by sector (in trillion British thermal units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by sector (in trillion British thermal units)." Chart. May 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (2023). Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by sector (in trillion British thermal units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Consumption of Primary Fossil Fuel Energy in The United States from 1990 to 2022, by Sector (in Trillion British Thermal Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by sector (in trillion British thermal units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by sector (in trillion British thermal units) [Graph], EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), May 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/