Livermore Labs Energy Chart Tells Us What We Have To Do
Every spring, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Department of Energy produce Sankey diagrams showing energy flows in the U.S. I have called it “The Chart That Explains Everything,” and every year, we look at it to see where our energy comes from, where it goes, and how much is “rejected energy” that is lost up the smokestack or out the tailpipe as heat and waste. Except for this year, I forgot and was reminded recently when Physicist Allison Bailes III used the chart to explain the meaning of rejected energy....