Energy use is way down - but wind surges

Study: Total energy use in the U.S. fell by 5% from 2008 to 2009http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/26/news/economy/energy_use/
Energy consumption in the U.S. declined by almost 5% to an estimated 94.6 quadrillion British thermal units in 2009, compared with 99.2 quadrillion BTUs in 2008. This marked the biggest known annual drop in the country's energy use, according to A.J. Simon, an analyst at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. However, renewable-energy use in the same period surged on a percentage basis, with consumption of wind power rising from 0.51 quadrillion BTUs in 2008 to 0.7 quadrillion BTUs this past year, the LLNL said. CNNMoney.com

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