|
The Wheat-Oil Exchange
Rate, 1950–2000
|
|
Year
|
Bushel
of Wheat |
Barrel
of Oil |
Bushels
Per Barrel |
|
|
(U.S.
dollars)* |
(ratio) |
|
1950
|
1.89 |
1.71 |
1 |
|
1951
|
2.03 |
1.71 |
1 |
|
1952
|
1.93 |
1.71 |
1 |
|
1953
|
1.89 |
1.93 |
1 |
|
1954
|
1.98 |
1.93 |
1 |
|
1955
|
1.81 |
1.93 |
1 |
|
1956
|
1.84 |
1.93 |
1 |
|
1957
|
1.79 |
2.02 |
1 |
|
1958
|
1.62 |
2.08 |
1 |
|
1959
|
1.58 |
1.92 |
1 |
|
1960
|
1.58 |
1.50 |
1 |
|
1961
|
1.60 |
1.45 |
1 |
|
1962
|
1.75 |
1.42 |
1 |
|
1963
|
1.76 |
1.40 |
1 |
|
1964
|
1.84 |
1.33 |
1 |
|
1965
|
1.62 |
1.33 |
1 |
|
1966
|
1.71 |
1.33 |
1 |
|
1967
|
1.79 |
1.33 |
1 |
|
1968
|
1.71 |
1.30 |
1 |
|
1969
|
1.59 |
1.28 |
1 |
|
1970
|
1.49 |
1.30 |
1 |
|
1971
|
1.68 |
1.65 |
1 |
|
1972
|
1.90 |
1.90 |
1 |
|
1973
|
3.81 |
2.70 |
1 |
|
1974
|
4.89 |
9.76 |
2 |
|
1975
|
4.06 |
10.72 |
3 |
|
1976
|
3.62 |
11.51 |
3 |
|
1977
|
2.81 |
12.40 |
4 |
|
1978
|
3.48 |
12.70 |
4 |
|
1979
|
4.36 |
17.26 |
4 |
|
1980
|
4.70 |
28.67 |
6 |
|
1981
|
4.76 |
32.50 |
7 |
|
1982
|
4.36 |
33.47 |
8 |
|
1983
|
4.28 |
29.31 |
7 |
|
1984
|
4.15 |
28.25 |
7 |
|
1985
|
3.70 |
26.98 |
7 |
|
1986
|
3.13 |
13.82 |
4 |
|
1987
|
3.07 |
17.79 |
6 |
|
1988
|
3.95 |
14.15 |
4 |
|
1989
|
4.61 |
17.19 |
4 |
|
1990
|
3.69 |
22.05 |
6 |
|
1991
|
3.50 |
18.30 |
5 |
|
1992
|
4.11 |
18.22 |
4 |
|
1993
|
3.82 |
16.13 |
4 |
|
1994
|
4.08 |
15.47 |
4 |
|
1995
|
4.82 |
17.20 |
4 |
|
1996
|
5.64 |
20.37 |
4 |
|
1997
|
4.35 |
19.27 |
4 |
|
1998
|
3.43 |
13.07 |
4 |
|
1999
|
3.05 |
17.98 |
6 |
|
2000 (est.)
|
2.94 |
29.34 |
10 |
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics,
various years.
* Prices in current year dollars.
|
| Trends
in Energy Use, By Source, 1990–99 |
|
Energy Source
|
Annual
Rate of Growth (percent) |
|
Wind power
|
+24.2
|
|
Solar photovoltaics
|
+17.3
|
|
Geothermal power
|
+4.3
|
|
Natural gas
|
+1.9
|
|
Hydroelectric power
|
+1.8
|
|
Oil
|
+0.8
|
|
Nuclear power
|
+0.5
|
|
Coal
|
-0.5
|
Compiled by
Worldwatch Institute from: UN, DOE, BP, EC, Eurogas, PlanEcon,
IMF, LBL, IAEA, EWEA, AWEA, FGW, Jose Santamarta, and Renewable
Energy Report, Paul Maycock, and PV News. For further information
see Worldwatch publication Vital Signs
2000.
|
| U.S. Oil Balance
, 1989–1999 |
| Year |
U.S. Oil Production
(thousand
barrels daily)
|
U.S. Oil Imports
(thousand barrels daily)
|
U.S. Oil Consumption*
(thousand
barrels daily)
|
Production as
a Share of Consumption
(percent)
|
| 1989 |
8625 |
8019 |
16665 |
51.8 |
| 1990 |
8376 |
8026 |
16305 |
51.4 |
| 1991 |
8503 |
7791 |
16000 |
53.1 |
| 1992 |
8304 |
7888 |
16260 |
51.1 |
| 1993 |
7983 |
8620 |
16470 |
48.5 |
| 1994 |
7792 |
8929 |
16950 |
46.0 |
| 1995 |
7712 |
8831 |
16950 |
45.5 |
| 1996 |
7681 |
9400 |
17470 |
44.0 |
| 1997 |
7639 |
9907 |
17770 |
43.0 |
| 1998 |
7402 |
10382 |
18030 |
41.1 |
| 1999 |
7123 |
10555 |
18490 |
38.5 |
*Note:
Differences between consumption figures and the production and
import statistics are accounted for by stock changes, consumption
of non-petroleum additives and substitute fuels, and unavoidable
disparities in the definition, measurement or conversion of
oil supply and demand data.
|
Source: BP
Amoco, Statistical Review of World
Energy (London: Group Media & Publications,
June 2000).
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