The pie charts below show units of electricity production by fuel source in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The provided circular charts compare the sources of electricity in Australia and France in the years 1980 and 2000. Between these years the electricity production almost doubled, rising from 100 units to 170 in Australia and from 90 to 180 units in France.
A glance at pie charts reveal that, in 1980, Australia used coal as the main source of electricity producing 50 units and the remainder was produced from natural gas and hydro power (each producing 20 units) and 10 only units were produced by oil. By 2000, coal had become the fuel for more than 75% of the electricity produced and only hydro power continued to be another significant source supplying about 20% electricity.
In contrast, France used coal as a source for deriving only 25 units of electricity in 1980 which was similar to that of natural gas. The remaining 40 units were produced mainly from oil and nuclear power, with hydro power contributing only 5 units. But by 2000, nuclear power, which was not used at all in Australia, had developed into the main source producing almost 70% of electricity, at 126 units. While coal and oil together produced only 50 units. Other sources were no longer significant.
Overall, by 2000 these two countries relied on different principle fuel sources where Australia relied on Coal and France on nuclear power.
