The circular formats illustrate the manufacture of electricity by different fuel resources in Australian and France in two junctures, namely 1980 and 2000.
Overall, in both countries, the total production witnessed a remarkable rise. Additionally, in Australian, the use of coal demonstrates its dominance over other sources, meanwhile in France nuclear power presents its gradual prevalence over the course of time.
Regarding to the proportions of fossil fuels, it is conspicuous that they experience an opposite status in these nations. Looking at the data of Australia, the production from unrenewable energies proves their prevalence, with the most notable half of the total occupied by coal and its expansion to 130 units in 2000 which even undermines the shares of the two other sources, namely oil and natural gas, from 20 and 10 units to 2 units respectively. Turning to France, the production of these is marginalized over time, with oil and coal stayed roughly unchanged at about 20 to 25 units while natural gas was significantly reduced to 2 units.
Concerning the contribution of eco-friendly sources, the two countries also showed contradictory preferences pertaining to hydro and nuclear power. In Australia, there were no participation of nuclear power in both milestones, while hydro power only possessed an one-fifth share from the total in 1980 and increased slightly to 36 units in 2000. This trajectory was reversed in France due to the priority towards these sources which was manifested in the sharp surge of nuclear power, from 15 units to 126 units eventually, except for the small decline of hydro power.