The provided chart illustrates the percentage of electricity produced by different sources in two nations, including Australia and France from 1980 to 2000.
In general, the total amount of electricity manufactured by different resources in both Australia and France experienced an upward trend. Additionally, the primary material used to generate electrical energy in Australia both years and France in 1980 was coal, while that in 2000 was nuclear power.
To begin with, the total units electricity generated in Australia and France in 1980 were 100 and 90, which went up to 170 and 180 respectively in 2000. In 1980, Australia’s electricity manufactured from coal was highest at 50 units, followed by that of hydro power and natural gas divided the amount of electricity produced equally at 20 units while remaining 10 units were generated from oil. After two decades in Australia, there was a higher dependency on coal to generate electricity than 1980. Similarly, the amount of electricity generated from hydroelectric increased minimally from 20 units to 35 units. By contrast, the number of both natural gas and oil used to manufacture electricity declined sharply to 2 units. In France, the primary material used to manufacture electrical power was coal and natural gas at 25 units, followed by that of oil at 20 units in 1980. The remaining 20 units were manufactured from nuclear power and hydro power. In the next 20 years, France relied on nuclear for electricity production significantly at 126 units. While the data of electric power generated from natural gas and hydro power were equal at 2 units, the figure for electricity generated from coal stood at 25 units.