The pie charts illustrates the units of electricity production by fuel source in Australia and France over a 20-year period from 1980 to 2000. It is surprising to note that coal made up the largest units of electricity generation in Australia despite a noticeable decline over the years. In contrast, the portion of hydro power in France experienced a surge in the past 20 years and ranked the first. Another prominent phenomen was that the total production in Australia and France was a substantial rose between 1980 and 2000.
In Australia, the total electricity generation experienced a noticeable growth from 100 units to 170 units in the past two decades. The share of coal, the largest contribution of fuel among all fuel resources, made up almost half of them in 1980 and it saw a surge to around constituted three quarters of the contribution in 2000, increasing form 50 units to 130 units. Hydro power and natural gas made up 20 units in 1980. However, the units of Hydro power rose slightly by 16 units and that in natural gas dropped dramatically until it reached its lowerest point of two units. The contribution of oil saw a modest fell from 10 units to two units during the period.
As for in France, the total production of electricity has doubled from 90 units to 180 units over the years. In 1980, the units of natural gas and coal accounted for 25 units, coming first. However, there was a plummet in the units of natural gas from 25 units to two units which was same as that of hydro power in 2000. It is surprising to note that Nuclear power ranked the first among all fuel source in 2000, skyrocketing from 25 units to 126 units in 2000.
In conclusion, coal and nuclear power were the major fuel resource in Australia and France in 2000 respectively. All evidence supports a conclusion that these two fuel gained significance in terms of their contribution to the total units.