Chart 1: Electricity Consumption Vs. Expenditure

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Electricity Consumption (in GWh) Vs. Electricity Expenditure ($m)

The intention of these graphical representations is to compare and convey which of the industries have higher usage and the amount of money spent on Electricity, Natural Gas and Diesel between the years 2017 and 2018.

All the three graphs had 10 industries taken for comparison namely, Construction, Electricity, Gas, Manufacturing, Mining, Postal, Transport, Warehousing, Waste Services, Water

Based on this graph, there is a clear indication that the Manufacturing industry has consumed the most amount of Electricity (approx. 53000 GWh) and spent a lumpsum amount of money (approx. $5000 mil). Mining is the next closest industry to have consumed a lot of Electricity and spent a lumpsum of money.

References
1) Data Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics - Page title, “Energy Use and Electricity Generation, Australia” with the dataset taken from the section, “Industry energy consumption and expenditure”
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/energy/energy-use-and-electricity-generation-australia/2017-18
2) Siddiqui, Nizamuddin (2021), How to create transparent bar plot using ggplot2 in R?
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/how-to-create-transparent-bar-plot-using-ggplot2-in-r

Chart 2: Natural Gas Consumption Vs. Expenditure

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Natural Gas Consumption (in GJ) Vs. Natural Gas Expenditure ($m)

The intention of these graphical representations is to compare and convey which of the industries have higher usage and the amount of money spent on Electricity, Natural Gas and Diesel between the years 2017 and 2018.

We will now look at the Natural Gas consumption vs the money spent for each Industry’s day to day activities.

Based on this graph, Manufacturing, Waste Services and the Water industries usage of Natural Gas are higher when compared to the other industries. But, even though the usage is high, the Manufacturing industry spends a lot more on Natural Gas when compared to the other industries.

References
1) Data Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics - Page title, “Energy Use and Electricity Generation, Australia” with the dataset taken from the section, “Industry energy consumption and expenditure” https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/energy/energy-use-and-electricity-generation-australia/2017-18
2) Wilke, Claus O. (2020), Aligning Plots . Additional Source, vignettes/aligning_plots.Rmd accessed on 16th April 2022
https://wilkelab.org/cowplot/articles/aligning_plots.html
additional source: https://github.com/wilkelab/cowplot/blob/master/vignettes/aligning_plots.Rmd
3) Felix Yanhui Fan (2013), Remove grid and background from plot (ggplot2)
https://felixfan.github.io/ggplot2-remove-grid-background-margin/

Chart 3: Diesel Consumption Vs. Expenditure

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Diesel Consumption (in ML) Vs. Diesel Expenditure ($m)

The intention of these graphical representations is to compare and convey which of the industries have higher usage and the amount of money spent on Electricity, Natural Gas and Diesel between the years 2017 and 2018.

Based on this graph, Manufacturing industry uses Diesel and spends more when compared to other industries. The next closest are the industries Postal, Transport and Warehousing.

Conclusion
With higher rate of usage of our energy sources, there will be higher wastage and higher environmental damage. We need to cut these down to be able to sustain a better and healthier future. No better place than to start with the Manufacturing industry.

References
1) Data Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics - Page title, “Energy Use and Electricity Generation, Australia” with the dataset taken from the section, “Industry energy consumption and expenditure”
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/energy/energy-use-and-electricity-generation-australia/2017-18
2) Siddiqui, Nizamuddin (2021), How to create transparent bar plot using ggplot2 in R?
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/how-to-create-transparent-bar-plot-using-ggplot2-in-r