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I don't think your last sentence is accurate. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_01 https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/

• wott 10y ago
  You table shows figures that sum up to 70-71% fossil fuel in 2008, and 66-67% in 2015. The major change is the shift from coal to gas but the total did not decrease as significantly.
  • dajohnson89 10y ago
    The oil price plummet, and the natural gas boom, both made it very hard economically to not use fossil fuels. I'm not making excuses, just providing an explanation.