Energy consumption per sector

While most of us probably take it for granted, energy does indeed play an integral role in our daily lives – in our homes, our cars, our places of work and our industries. Of course, we use different kinds of energy for different purposes. Most of the petroleum we consume is used in the transportation sector, including fuel for our cars but also planes, commercial trucks and mass transit. Heating, cooling and electricity for our homes come mostly from natural gas and coal; the same goes for businesses, too. Industry and manufacturing consume close to one-third of the nation’s total energy supply, mostly derived from fossil fuels.