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Prediction: Global energy use to jump 50% by 2030

From the blog Red, Green, and Blue, a useful digest of the findings of a report done by the US Energy Information Agency. The report found that total global energy use will jump by a half by 2030. This is happening mostly because countries that are rapidly modernizing are going to use more and more juice as they do so (hey, them's the consequences for economic growth - at least the way it's done right now). This fact is reflected in the stats: OECD countries (what some might call "developed" countries) will increase energy use by 24% in the coming 22 years; non-OECD countries project a jump of a whopping 95%.

What does this mean for carbon emissions? Much of the energy used by both types of countries will create emissions. Currently, non-OECD countries emit slightly more (7%) than OECD countries. However, by 2030, it looks like non-OECD emissions will exceed OECD emissions by a giant 72%.

Thankfully, these are just predictions, not actualities. Still, obviously there's lots of work to do.

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