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Just in time for an energy crisis :-)
Maybe the difference is made up by renewables and not oil?
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-sou...
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Maybe the difference is made up by renewables and not oil?
Natural gas is still the leader by a good margin.
In 2000, coal was about 20% of the energy mix, gas another 20%, oil about 50%. Wind was 0%. In 2024 coal was about 2%, gas still 20%, oil still 50%, but wind grew to about 15%. It seems that wind actually replaced coal. It is not only logical, but good, that wind first replaced coal (dirtiest), and maybe from now on is will start to replace oil. Only after many decades, or maybe never, gas will be replaced.
(June 2025)
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I don't think turf (peat) has been burned for energy generation since 2023.
True, I was referring to domestic heat in rural areas.
I've personally spoken to people (who are otherwise quite environmentally aware) who suggest they'd never vote for the Green Party because they'd take their turf away. It's a tough sell.
Great to see, hopefully they can end turf burning too. (For those unaware it's basically where you take a wetland habitat that's also an amazing carbon store, cut it in to chunks, dry it out, and burn it for a very dirty heat source)
I don't think turf (peat) has been burned for energy generation since 2023.
