The graph below gives information from a 2008 report about consumption of energy in the USA since 1980 with projections until 2030.

Given is a figure illustrating the behavior of the usage of various kinds of energy in United states (namely petrol and oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear, solar/wind and hydropower) for 50-year period from 1980 to 2030. As can be seen petrol by far is the most popular one during all years while the lowest amount of energy use is referred to Nuclear, Solar/wind and hydropower.

Before 2005, all types of fuels had totally slight increase with different starting points. Petrol and oil began by 35, coal and natural gas by somewhere in the vicinity between 15 to 20 and others by the starting points below 5 Quadrillion units. It is important to note that the fluctuations in this period were much dramatic for the petrol and oil.

In the duration from 2005 and 2020 the smooth growth can be observed for all types. Although in 2005 coal and natural gas as well as solar/wind and hydropower had the same amount, it is predicted that coal in comparison with natural gas also solar/wind in comparison with hydropower will have much more quadrillion units of utilization.

In the distant future, between 2020 and 2030, it is predicted that petrol and oil and coal will be faced with exponential soar for about 10 quadrillion units. Meanwhile, other types of fuels will move steadily during this glimpse of time.