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"For more than a century, the world’s appetite for fossil fuels has been
expanding relentlessly, as humans have continued burning larger amounts of
coal, oil and natural gas almost every year to power homes, cars and factories.
But a remarkable shift may soon be at hand. The world’s leading energy agency
now predicts that global demand for oil, natural gas and coal will peak by
2030, partly driven by policies that countries have already adopted to promote
cleaner forms of energy and transportation.
A peak in fossil fuel use won’t be enough to stop global warming, the
International Energy Agency said in its
World Energy Outlook, a 354-page
report on global energy trends published Tuesday. To do that, emissions from
coal, oil and natural gas would need to fall to nearly zero. But a sweeping
transformation of the global energy landscape is underway.
By 2030, there could be 10 times as many electric vehicles on the road as there
are today, the report said. Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and
hydropower could supply 50 percent of the world’s electricity, up from 30
percent today. Heat pumps and other electric heating systems could outsell gas
and oil furnaces. Global investment in offshore wind farms could surpass that
in coal and gas power plants.
If that all came to pass, oil and gas demand would most likely plateau at
slightly above today’s levels for the next three decades, expanding in
developing countries and shrinking in advanced economies. Demand for coal, the
dirtiest of fossil fuels, would start declining, though it might fluctuate year
to year if, say, coal plants needed to run more often during heat waves or
droughts.
“The transition to clean energy is happening worldwide and it’s unstoppable,”
said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency. “It’s
not a question of ‘if,’ it’s just a matter of ‘how soon’ — and the sooner the
better for all of us.”"
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