U.S. energy use rises to highest level ever

        April 11, 2019 Lawrence Livermore | United States | energy: future

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at UC Berkeley released its annual U.S. energy-consumption chart, showing that Americans used more energy in 2018 than ever, rising to 101.2 quadrillion BTU (quads), an increase of 3.6% from 2017 and breaking the 2007 record of 101.0 quads. The biggest rise was from natural gas, wind, and solar energy.