Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded its methanol production capacity. Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. MTG units involve high capital costs and are only cost-competitive when oil prices are high. Click to enlarge. Background.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Global energy intensity, 1981-2010. Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute.
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JULY 20, 2012
Global emissions of CO 2 increased by 3% last year, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO 2 emissions”, released by the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). At 3%, the 2011 increase in global CO 2 emissions is above the past decade’s average annual increase of 2.7%.
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APRIL 27, 2017
Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016 as companies continued to cut spending and conventional oil projects sanctioned were at the lowest level in more than 70 years, according to the International Energy Agency, which warned that both trends could continue this year. Oil discoveries declined to 2.4
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2012
Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% Global energy consumption grew by 2.5% Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% globally, and 8.4% Source: BP.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2009
World production of fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—increased 2.9% million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) per day, according to a Worldwatch Institute analysis. In the first half of the year, producers strained to meet global demand, but when the recession took hold later in the year the market was swamped by excess supply.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
It may be difficult to look beyond the current pricing environment for oil, but the depletion of low-cost reserves and the increasing inability to find major new discoveries ensures a future of expensive oil. Total global investment in oil and gas exploration grew rapidly over the last 15 years.
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