Kansas: Net Energy Producer
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Natural Gas production continues to outpace consumption. That gap has widened in the past 15 years due to infill drilling at Hugoton in the late 1980's.
Today, 90% of the energy we consume is derived from fossil fuels. Coal, petroleum and gas have similar shares in this mix at around 30% each, while nuclear power contributes less than 10%.
Whereas biomass contributes around 1%, other renewable energy sources such as wind and active solar are more or less absent, though wind has a very small presence today.
Energy Research Center, University of Kansas
Updated June 2000
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