Tires-to-Energy: Some electrifying facts.

In my city, the furor over a tires-to-energy plant is growing. Do you know where most of our electricity comes from? According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in 2006, nearly half (49%) of the country’s 4.1 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity used coal as its source of electricity. Here’s a breakdown of the methods we use in the U.S. for our electricity.

Coal-49%
Natural Gas-20%
Nuclear Power-19%
Petroleum-2%
Hydropower-7%
Biomass-1%
Geothermal power-Less than 1%
Solar power-Less than 1%
Wind power-Less than 1%