The pie charts illustrate the varied amounts of electricity that was produced in France and Australia by a variety of sources of fuel in two different years – 1980 and 2000.
It is readily apparent from the figures that the amount of electricity produced in the year 2000 is significantly more in both the countries as compared to that of 1980. In Australia the number rose from 100 to 170 while in France, it climbed from 90 to 180.
In Australia, it is crystal clear that both in 1980 and 2000, maximum electricity was produced by coal. While about 50 percent of electricity was generated by coal in 1980, almost 75 percent of it was generated by coal in 2000. Another interesting change is the drastic decrease of the use of natural gas and oil which dropped from 20 and 10 to 2 each respectively. In addition to this, the amount of energy generated by hydro power increased from 20 to 36 units. Furthermore, another engaging fact is that electricity produced by nuclear power was nil.
On the contrary, in the case of France, nuclear power was the dominant source of electricity production in 2000. In 1980, the highest amount of electricity produced was shared by natural gas and coal which amounted to almost 50 percent of the total production. Also, the production by natural gas and hydro power dropped to as low as 2 units each. Another fascinating fact is that the production by coal remained constant.