A previous post, Energy Realities, showed in clear, graphical detail, the status of energy production and consumption, both globally and for two key nations; the USA and China.
In this post I’ll link to a number of detailed reports, all published recently, that provide more context to the graphs presented in that previous post.
But first there are a number of points about the current energy situation that can be taken from those graphs and their data:
- As of 2019, almost thirty years after the Kyoto Treaty was signed, the world still overwhelmingly relies on fossil fuels for its energy needs, from electricity production to transport, to the tune of 87%.
- Renewable energy forms a small percentage of global energy, and the majority of that is traditional biomass and hydro.
- Nuclear power forms an even smaller fraction.
- In the USA, fossil fuel dominance is at 80%, even as coal…
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