A close look at the charts reveals information about the usage of energy and the amount of gas emissions resulting from this energy use in an average Australian household. Figures are given for six different household appliances.
As is illustrated by the charts, heating dominates the total energy used in Australian households while water heating is responsible for the largest proportion of gas emissions. By contrast, both cooling and heating remain relatively insignificant in both fields.
Heating amounts to 42% of all of the energy yet the use of heating results in only 15% of gas release. On the other hand, Australian families spend 30% of total energy on water heating, which accounts for almost one-third of gas emissions. Cooling and lighting appliances discharge only 3% and 8% of total gas exhaust respectively. It can be explained by the fact that the use of these appliances is not common in Australia, with only under 5% of all energy consumption falling into each of the two categories.
The percentage of gas emitted from other appliances is twice as much as the figure for refrigerators, at 28% and 14% respectively. The same pattern is seen in the first chart, with 7% of total energy utilized by refrigeration and 15% by other appliances.
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