ENERGY CONSUMPTION STATISTICS #1

“World Per Capita Annual Primary Energy Consumption by Fuel 1850-2007”

• a 761% rise from 1850 to 2007• made up of 82% renewable

biomass (wood) in the 1850s • made up of 89% non-

renewables (fossil fuels) in 2007

Turner, C. (2009, June). An inconvenient talk: Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel

age. The Walrus. 22-29.

ENERGY CONSUMPTION STATISTICS #2

• World’s current population is 5.3x what it was in 1850

• Per capita energy consumption is 8.6x 1850• Total energy consumption is 45x 1850

Turner, C. (2009, June). An inconvenient talk: Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel

age. The Walrus. 22-29.

ENERGY CONSUMPTION STATISTICS #3

• 90% of all oil ever burned by humanity has been since 1959, half of that since 1986

• 90% of all natural gas ever burned has been since 1964

• Half of all coal humanity has ever burned has been since 1972

Turner, C. (2009, June). An inconvenient talk: Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel

age. The Walrus. 22-29.