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FOSSIL FUEL
STILL THE FIRST
source: Worldwatch Institute,
‘Vital signs 2001- The trends that are
shaping our future’, 2001.
Worldwatch Institute, ‘State of the world’, 2003.
UNDP, World energy assessment, 2004,
www.undp.org/energy/
weaover2004.htm
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Since 1950, global fossil fuel use has expanded by more than 3 and 1/2 times…- It accounts for % of commercial energy use: oil makes 41%, coal 25%, natural gas 24%;
- fossil fuels burning accounts for more than 80% of human-made CO2 emissions.
- 1996- 2010: in industrialized countries, oil dependency is projected to grow from 56% to more than 70%.
World fossil fuel consumption (1950–2000) | year | coal | oil* | natural gas | | 1950 | 1,043 | 436 | 187 | | 1960 | 1,500 | 1,020 | 444 | | 1970 | 1,635 | 2,873 | 1,406 | | 1980 | 2,021 | 2,873 | 1,406 | | 1990 | 2,244 | 2,968 | 1,938 | | 2000 | 2,034 | 3,332 | 2,277 |
* Million tons of oil equivalent.
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