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 quadrillion British thermal units of fossil fuel energy in 2021. 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 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units)
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EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (March 29, 2022). Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, 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 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units)." Chart. March 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (2022). Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. 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 2021, by Sector (in Trillion British Thermal Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2022, 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 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/ (last visited May 25, 2022)