These two pie charts illustrate how energy consumption in the UK changed over 10 years period,specifically comparing the energy consumption in 2000 and 2010.Overall, it is clear that fossil fuels like coal and gas remained as the primary sources of energy in both years.
In both 2000 and 2010, Coal and Gas were the most popular choices.Coal is said to be a slight increase from 30.0% to 31.0%.Moreover,gas also remained very stable, rising just half a percent from 29.5% to 30.0%.By 2010, these two sources combined accounted for more than 60% of the total energy used in the UK.
The most significant drop occurred in pie chart was the use of petrol and it is one of the major energy source at 29.0% in 2000.However,in 2010, this figure fell sharply to 20.0%, making it the only category to see a substantial decrease during this decade.
While traditional fuels dominated, smaller categories showed the fastest growth.For instance,solar energy increased from 6.5% to 10.0% and the “Other” category almost doubled, growing from 5.0% to 9.0%.
In conclusion, although the UK started to use more solar and alternative energy, it still relied heavily on coal and gas at the end of the decade.