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Americans used more energy, and polluted more, in 2013
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- Steven E.F. Brown, San Francisco Business Times
Americans used more energy from all sources â€” renewable, fossil and nuclear â€” in 2013, and also polluted the air with more carbon dioxide, the first increase in CO2 emissions since 2010.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said Americans used 2.3 quadrillion thermal units, or "quads," more energy in 2013 than in 2012. And U.S. carbon dioxide emissions went up to 5.39 billion metric tons.
The United States used a total of 97.4 quads of energy last year, with the biggest share, 38.2 quads, for electricity generation, followed by transportation (27 quads), industrial (24.7 quads), residential (11.4 quads) and commercial (8.59 quads).
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