Renewable Energy Production Surpasses Nuclear In the US

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 5, 2011 @02:08PM from the let's-celebrate-with-a-ride-in-the-suv dept.

mdsolar writes "Renewable energy production has surpassed nuclear energy production in the U.S. according to the latest issue of Monthly Energy Review (PDF) published by the Energy Information Administration. ... During the first three months of 2011, energy produced from renewable energy sources (biomass/biofuels, geothermal, solar, hydro, wind) generated 2.245 quadrillion Btus of energy equating to 11.73 percent of U.S. energy production. During this same time period, renewable energy production surpassed nuclear energy power by 5.65 percent. In total, energy produced from renewables is 77.15 percent of that from domestic crude oil production."

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Re:Btus??? by bmo · 2011-07-05 14:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

A BTU is a perfectly good standard. It's an actual measurement of energy like the calorie, just bigger and "English."
It's not our fault that you can't convert.
Queue raging Ameri-hate.
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BMO
Re:ANOTHER MDSOLAR TROLL ARTICLE by kdawson+(3715) · 2011-07-05 15:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Gross? That's k-i-n-k-y.
Re:ANOTHER MDSOLAR TROLL ARTICLE by timothy+(36799) · 2011-07-05 22:09 · Score: 1, Offtopic

my thoughts exactly. how come we're not getting this kind of treatment?

-timothy