A: 'GUST' is an acronym that stands for a series of four recent tax laws that also made changes to how retirement plans are operated. âEGTRRAâ is the acronym for the tax law enacted in 2001.
Of the renewable energy sources used to generate electricity in the United States, hydropower makes the biggest contribution. Water used to spin a turbine is a cheap, non-polluting domestic source of energy. But hydropower brings with it other environmental impacts to consider. More about hydroelectric.
The major source of energy comes from fossil fuels, and the dominant fossil fuels used today by most industrialized and developing countries are oil, coal, and natural gas. Among these fossil fuels, oil is the most consumed for energy conversion, followed by coal, then natural gas.