World energy demand
Fast Facts About Energy
A web extra from Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, authors of
"Who Turned Out The Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis"
"Who Turned Out The Lights? Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis"
According to the Energy Information Administration, world energy consumption is projected to expand by 50 percent from 2005 to 2030. The EIA attributes much of this rise to the rapidly developing economies of China and India, based on the fact that their combined share of energy consumption grew from less than 8 percent of total energy use in 1980 to roughly 18 percent. That increase in demand is only going to swell further with time. And while demand for energy in the United States is certainly on the rise as well, our percentage of global consumption, according to the EIA, is projected to decrease by 2030.
