Energy Consumption: How the Trends of California and Missouri Have Changed from 2010 to 2018
Energy flow charts, often called Sankey Diagrams, are an important resource in understanding how energy is utilized. When studying these charts for a number of years, they provide a way to compare and contrast how energy usage has changed over time. In order to compare the energy consumption from California and Missouri between 2010 and 2018, the energy flow charts from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can be studied. Both of these states vary in their characteristics, but the flow charts all have a standard set of given information. The energy resources that are listed include solar, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, geothermal, natural gas, coal, biomass, and petroleum. The energy consumption is further divided into four sectors, which are residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation.¹
In 2018 the state of Missouri consumed an estimated 1,835 trillion British Thermal Units (Btu) of energy.² In comparison, the state of California consumed an estimated 7,404 trillion Btu of energy the same year.³ That’s over four times as much energy consumed during that time period. Another notable difference between these two states and their energy consumption is that California consumed 382 Btu of solar energy in 2018 while Missouri only consumed 3 Btu of solar energy. ^2 ^3 Part of…
