energy and fuels environmental impacts world energy consumption mgr. matúš dobeš, 2005
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World energy consumption
World Commercial Energy Consumption by Region= produced for sale rather than for direct use (made by fossil fuels)Consumption of energy concentrates in industrialized nations. Why?
World energy consumption
This chart indicates the breakdown of contributions of the fossil fuels, “traditional” renewables such as firewood, and “new” renewables such as solar power, to the total global energy supply in the 1995.
The domination of fossil fuels over the large nuclear reserves, and undeveloped new renewables, is immediately apparent.
World energy demand
Reasons:
Population growth e.g. population boom after WWII, better health
care in developing countries
Economic growth e.g. increased use of cars, higher industrial
production
Lifestyle changes e.g. more consumer electronics used