When yours is the only native garden on the block, you may wonder whether anyone shares your values. Take comfort in some trends translated into chart form.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Aug. 23, 2010, press release:

The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. There also was a decline in natural gas use and increases in solar, hydro, and geothermal power.

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