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Section of the US Department of Energy (DOE) providing statistics, data, analysis on resources, supply, production, consumption for all energy sources

The ratio of domestic production to total primary energy consumption

Act signed by President Bush in 2007 to improve vehicle fuel economy and help reduce U.S. dependence on oil through expanding the production of renewable fuels, reducing US dependence on oil, and confronting global climate change. 

Any transaction in which quantities of energy are received or given up in return for similar energy products

In order to increase energy savings and efficiency in buildings it is necessary to (1) decrease thermal losses from the building envelope; (2) improve the efficiency of using both fossil and electric energy and (3) convert some of the fossil energy consumed to renewable sources

In the electricity sector, this is the amount of energy that is used in the electricity generation process, including its processing, transmission, distribution. The amount of energy it takes to produce $1 worth of products. Btus used to produce a dollar of product