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<br /> <br />50 Quadrillion Blu's <br /> <br />LJOlher <br />1:1 Oil/Gas <br />40 [=:J Coal <br />"Nuclear <br /> <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1950 <br /> <br />1960 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />1980 <br /> <br />1974 <br /> <br />1985 <br /> <br />1990 <br /> <br />. Electricity Gould continue to grow at about twice the rare of <br />total energy demand; but its growth rate will be reduced to about <br />5.4 percent. compared with liS historical rate of about 7 percent. <br />. The use of natural gas and oil to generate base load <br />electricity could be phased out due to higher prices. and be <br />replaced with less expensive nuclear and coal-fired power. <br />. Coal's use in electric generation could increase by 77 per- <br />cent in the next 10 years. <br />-Over 700 million tons of coal could be used to generate <br />electricity in 1985. as compared with 392 million tons in 1974. <br />. Nuclear energy could represent about 26 percent of electric <br />power generation in 1985. as compared with 8.6 percent in 1975. <br />-However nuclear power accounts for a 30 percen! smaller <br />contribution than previously proJected. reflectmg actual cancel- <br />lations and deferments caused by reductions and uncerlalnty In <br />demand growth, financial difficulties. and licenSing delays. <br /> <br />. ElectriCity will represent a continually increasing share of <br />energy in the future. rising from 28 percent in 1974 to 37 per- <br />cent in 1990. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />What Will Be the <br />Sources of <br />Electricity <br />in the Future? <br /> <br />