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Kansas Consumption of Energy

Figure 8--Consumption of energy in Kansas by fuel source, 1960-1999. Since 1960, natural gas consumption has fluctuated and the consumption of coal has increased dramatically. Since Wolf Creek Generating Station came on-line in 1985, it has powered a significant part of the state's electricity. Note: in this figure, the years fall between the hatch marks (EIA, State Energy Data Report, DOE/EIA-0214, various years).

Natural gas led all sources until 1983; petroleum leads with 400 trillion BTU, coal with 350 trillion BTU, followed closely by natural gas

Figure 9--Energy consumption in Kansas, by fuel source, 2000 (data comes from EIA, State Energy Data 2000, which was not fully available at press time; estimated consumption data for individual fuels was available in various tables at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/_multi_states.html).

petroleum 35.2%, natural gas 25.8%, coal 29.79%, nuclear 7.76%,  biomass .49%, renewables .04%

Figure 10--Overview of petroleum consumption in Kansas, 2000. Transportation fuels (motor gasoline and distillate fuel, or diesel) account for the vast majority of the state's consumption (EIA, State Energy Data Report, DOE/EIA-0214).

motor gasoline 87 thousand barrels per day, liquid pet. gas (mostly propane) 48 thousand barrels per day, distallate fuel 41 thousand barrels per day

Figure 11--Kansas energy consumption by sector, 1999. The transportation and industrial sectors are the largest consumers in Kansas (EIA, State Energy Data Report, 1999, most recent data available). Total Kansas energy consumption, 1999: 1,050 trillion Btu.

industrial 38%, transportation 27%, residential 19%, commercial 16%

Figure 12--Sources of energy consumed in Kansas, 2000. Over 55% of the energy consumed in Kansas comes from other states (based on various EIA data).

Kansas 45%, Wyoming 24%, other states 31%

Figure 13--Energy needed to fuel the Kansas economy, 1977 to 1998. The Kansas economy has become more efficient in its use of energy since the late 1970's.

in 1977, close to 50 thousand BTU per dollar, in 1998 down to 15 thousand BTU per dollar of gross state product

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