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Setting the stage for our Portfolio of Promising Policies
Beginning with our May 13 statistic and chart of the day, we will highlight information that sets the stage for our Portfolio of Promising Policies. Later we will highlight results of the policies.
U.S. consumption, production and imports of petroleum and other liquid fuels, 1949-2011
Source: Building America’s Energy Future – A Portfolio of Promising Policies (http://nepinstitute.org/)
U. S. petroleum imports surpass production
In 1998 U. S. imports of petroleum and other liquids exceeded domestic production for the first time (9.8 million barrels/day (mmbd) of imports vs 9.0 mmbd of production).
Source: Building America’s Energy Future – A Portfolio of Promising Policies (http://nepinstitute.org/)
U.S. imports of petroleum and other liquid fuels as a percentage of consumption, 1949-2011
Source: Building America’s Energy Future – A Portfolio of Promising Policies (http://nepinstitute.org/)
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STATISTIC OF THE DAY
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CHART OF THE DAY
U.S. consumption, production and imports of petroleum and other liquid fuels, 1949-2011
U.S. imports of petroleum and other liquid fuels as a percentage of consumption, 1949-2011
U.S. primary energy use and real GDP, 1949-2011
U. S. sources of Mercury Emissions, 2008
U. S. sources of NOx emissions, 2008