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The graphs illustrate the percentages of diverse energy sources in a certain period, and how much the number of electricity generating in nuclear power plants from 1960 to 2000. First of all, the percentage of crude oil reaches over 30%, which is the largest in all energy resources. Coal account for the second position at about 23%, followed by natural gas and biomass at approximately 22% and 13% respectively. In the case of hydropower and nuclear energy, they record the same figure at more or less 7%, which are nearly a fifth as little as that of crude oil. Turning to the next graph, the quantity of electricity generating in nuclear source, by and large, increased between 1960 and 2000. Specifically, from 1960 to 1975, the figure remained fairly constant at 100GW(기가와트), but it rose rapidly to over 300GW in 2000. To sum up, major sources for producing energy in the world are crude oil, coal, and natural gas,which account over 60% in all energy sources. For nuclear energy, it account for just 6% in all sources, while electrical capacity of nuclear power plants increased continuously from 1960 to 2000. |