The United States of America is the world's largest energy producer, consumer, and net importer. It also ranks eleventh worldwide in reserves of oil, sixth in natural gas, and first in coal.
- The United States of America is the world's largest energy producer, consumer, and net importer. It also ranks eleventh worldwide in reserves of oil, sixth in natural gas, and first in coal.
- U.S. oil production has been declining for years. In 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita slashed oil output from the Gulf of Mexico.
- The U.S. is the world's largest consumer and second-largest producer of natural gas.
- The U.S. has the world's largest coal reserves, with the Western U.S. accounting for 55 percent of current U.S. coal production.
- U.S. electricity demand is increasing, as are prices.
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