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Originally Posted by Charles_Main  80% of our electricity is made from Coal and gas. So it stands to reason converting to Nuclear would save a shit load of Oil. |
Just a few facts as we go along. Source CIA World Fact Book.
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 71.4%
hydro: 5.6%
nuclear: 20.7%
other: 2.3% (2001)
Oil - production:
8.322 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - consumption:
20.8 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Of that, we Export 1 million bbl/day and Import 13 bbl/day.
We are also a net electricity importer.