Ohio Coal

Ohio annual coal production peaked at around 50 million tons in 1970, when the first clean air act was passed. It has steadily declined since to about 25 million tons. A century ago there were about 50,000 miners compared to about 2,500 today.

ODNR Geofacts No. 14 (2005)

Ohio Electric Data

Calculated from USDOE-EERE and Census Bureau data:

Residential electrical usage on Ohio = 13,000 kWh annually per household

Average monthly household bill = c. $108

Annual residential utility income = $B4.36

Total utility income = $B13.55

Ohio rates average about 4.7% below the national average.

Green Cars

Right now there are about 400,000 hybrid cars in the USA and about the same number are equipped to use E85 Ethanol. The total fleet is over 130 million, meaning that green cars are a bit over ½ % of the total. We've got a long way to go.

Sources of Electricity

Some statistics on sources of electricity (All data inpercent of total). Data from Energy Information Administration:

Source, U.S. (2007), Ohio (2006)

Fossil Fuels, 71.9, 88.4 Coal, liquids, natural & other gases)
Nuclear, 19.4, 10.8
Other, 8.5, 0.7 (See below)


Distribution of Renewables:


Source,U.S. (2007), Ohio (2006)
Wood, 37.3, 28.2
Waste, 16.4, x
Geothermal, 14.4, 57.1
Solar, 5.6, x
Wind, 31.2, x

x = < 0.05%