The line graph compares how much energy was generated from three sources to provide New

York with electricity from 1980 to 2000.Overall, while the use of coal reduced, the figures of
petroleum and natural gas generally increased. Besides, petroleum, supplied the most energy
throughout the period.
In 1980, Electricity production from petroleum provide 350 million kWh for the city of New
York and went up sharply to 600 million kWh in 1985. From 1985 to 1990, the figure for
petroleum fell off from 600 million kWh to 350 million kWh, before bouncing back
significantly and reaching a peak at 720 million kWh by 2000
On the other hand, in 1980, there were 210 million kWh of electricity produced from coal,
compared with 95 million kWh from natural gas. The figure for coal reached a peak in 1985
with about 300 million kWh .However the trend of using electricity made from coal
decreased to around 190 million kWh in 2000, compared with 500 million kWh of natural
gas, a difference by 310 million kWh