The line graph shows us what happened to energy consumption from 1776 to 2020. Energy consumption in the U.S. Went up a lot over time. The U.S. Energy consumption was mostly from petroleum and natural gas. Coal was used a lot. Then it went down towards the end. Alternative sources of energy consumption like solar and wind were used more and more.
In the beginning people only used energy sources like wood for energy consumption. The energy consumption from sources, like wood was the only thing people used back then. Energy use was really low when people first started using it. They mostly used things like wood to get energy. On in the 1800s people started using a lot more coal. Coal became the thing people used for energy. It kept going up until the early 1900s. Then something changed. People started using coal over time. By the time we got to the end of that period coal use had gone down a lot. Energy use, like coal was not as popular as it used to be.
From the mid-twentieth century onwards, petroleum consumption increased rapidly and overtook coal to become the leading energy source. Natural gas followed a similar upward trend, particularly after 1950, and by the end of the period it accounted for a share almost equal to petroleum. Meanwhile, nuclear energy and renewables started to grow later and increased steadily, although their overall contribution remained much lower compared to fossil fuels.