Electricity: How Much? From Where? What Fuel?

We will have some tough choices to make in the coming years, not just with transportation fuels, but also with electric generation. All energy fuel is linked together in  either as a direct input into the production / distribution of other types of energy or as a substitute for another form of energy. That’s why as oil and natural gas prices have risen so have prices for ethanol, uranium and coal. And each state has it’s own mix of energy sources. I found Baloghblog’s questions from yesterday interesting to consider:

Where does your local power come from?

The answer for New York State’s 138,000 Megawatt hours is surprising: 29% Nuclear, 20% Natural Gas, 17% Coal, 17% Conventional Hydro, 15% Petroleum and 2% Renewables (mostly wood and waste incineration)

The Oil Drum: New York City