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The American Energy Consumer
Table 7-21.Amount, Cost, and Price of
Energy, by Energy Source and Race, 1972-1973
| Use, cost, and
price |
Black |
Other |
| Btu's used per
household |
254 |
350 |
| Electricity |
64 |
96 |
| Natural gas |
137 |
142 |
| Gasoline |
53 |
112 |
| Expenditures per household
($) |
$465 |
$697 |
| Electricity |
147 |
198 |
| Natural gas |
161 |
167 |
| Gasoline |
157 |
332 |
| Price per unit (millions
Btu's) |
|
|
| Electricity |
$2.31 |
$2.07 |
| Natural gas |
1.18 |
1.18 |
| Gasoline |
2.96 |
2.96 |
| Source: Price of
gasoline at 37 cents per gallon from 1973 Platts Oil Price
Handbook and Oilmanac, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974, p. 125.
Consumption and other price data supplied by utilities for the
Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |
Table 7-22.Average Price per Unit for
Electricity and Natural Gas, by Income and Race, 1972-1973
| Energy source |
Black |
Other |
| All households |
|
|
| Electricity and natural
gas |
$1.75 |
$1.63 |
| Electricity |
2.31 |
2.07 |
| Natural gas |
1.18 |
1.18 |
| Poor households |
|
|
| Electricity and natural
gas |
1.87 |
1.79 |
| Electricity |
2.45 |
2.35 |
| Natural gas |
1.29 |
1.23 |
| Nonpoor households |
|
|
| Electricity and natural
gas |
1.69 |
1.61 |
| Electricity |
2.22 |
2.05 |
| Natural gas |
1.15 |
1.17 |
| Lower middle |
|
|
| Electricity and natural
gas |
1.91 |
1.62 |
| Electricity |
2.54 |
2.05 |
| Natural gas |
1.28 |
1.19 |
| Source: Washington
Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |