] Traditionally assessments of U.S. energy consumption have ] been broken down into four categories: industry, which ] consumes about 35 percent of the total each year; ] transportation, 27 percent; residential, 21 percent; and ] commercial, 17 percent. Significantly energy consumption ] usually tracks pretty closely with carbon dioxide ] production because most of the energy consumed is in the ] form of fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gases It's the Architecture, Stupid! |