Taking a Look at the June, 2024 EIA Monthly Energy Review – Posted on June 29, 2024
EIA the U.S. Energy Information Agency has issued their Monthly Energy Review.
In this article, I present selected tables and graphics from the EIA Monthly Energy Review. My comments as usual are in a box.
At the end of the article, I provided a link to the full Monthly Review. The EIA Monthly Energy Review is separate from its annual reporting on crude oil and natural gas reserves. My article on their estimates of reserves can be accessed HERE.
| There are a number of graphics like this that show the source of the energy and where used. As a bonus, this graphic also shows transmission costs for electricity which is more than the amount of electric energy that makes it to the end user. Notice the small contribution of renewables. Notice the large contribution of natural gas of which the U.S. has substantial reserves. |
| This shows the emissions of greenhouse gases (actually only carbon dioxide. Not surprisingly, the transportation sector is where most emissions are released. |
| Again you see the small contribution of wind and solar both of which are dominated by using wood which is kind of pathetic. The electric power industry uses a lot of energy to make electricity. |
| Here they look at petroleum products, not raw crude oil, and look at where they are used: Transportation. Will electric vehicles improve the situation? Probably not depending on how the electricity for electric vehicles is generated. |