World energy consumption
This article is reprinted from the International Energy Outlook for 1996 (IEO96), by the US Energy Information Administration, which offers an outlook for energy use, gross domestic product (GDP), and population through the year 2015. The central message of the International Energy Outlook 1996 is that the world will require, and can produce, large increments of energy supply over the next 2 decades. The normal course of economic development is likely to spread the energy use patterns currently prevalent in advanced economies of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to newly developing nations, such as non-OECD Asia, where half the world`s population resides. New demands for energy can be satisfied from available resources with known technologies. Thus, the real cost of energy need not escalate significantly over the projection period. Were these developments actually to transpire, worldwide carbon emissions in 2015 would be 50% higher than the current level.
- OSTI ID:
- 538131
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Power Engineering Review, Vol. 17, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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