Not exact matches
Although
consumption of nonfossil
fuels is expected to grow faster than
fossil fuels,
fossil fuels still
account for 77 % of energy use in 2040.
The Science Residential and commercial energy
consumption accounts for 72 percent of all electricity and 13 percent of all
fossil fuels consumed in this country, says Vivian Loftness, an architect at Carnegie Mellon University.
Although
consumption of nonfossil
fuels is expected to grow faster than
fossil fuels,
fossil fuels still
account for 77 % of energy use in 2040.
-- Implementing a partial phase - out of
fossil fuel consumption subsidies
accounts for 12 % of the reduction in emissions and supports efficiency efforts.
The failure to address the Hoffert et al energy technology question is reflected in the fact that since 2000 (and including 2013) the share of global energy
consumption accounted for by
fossil fuels has remained essentially constant at 86.5 - 87.0 %.
Transportation
accounts for nearly all of the subsidised
fossil -
fuel consumption.
These upstream sources
account for between 5 percent and 37 percent (an average of 15 percent) of
fossil fuels» total emissions, from exploration to
consumption.
«Heat
accounts for more than half of global final energy
consumption and is still primarily supplied by
fossil fuels,» it notes, adding that growth over the next five years will likely be slow.
The thermal energy sector, which relies primarily on
fossil fuels,
accounts for approximately one third of Rhode Island's total energy
consumption and total carbon emissions.
On - site
fossil fuel generation currently
accounts for around 10 % of AB InBev's total electricity
consumption and the company will explore options for transitioning this to renewable power in the future.
I ways way off...
Fossil fuels account for 87 % of primary energy
consumption.
Depending how it's tallied,
fossil fuels account for between 85 - 88 % of global energy
consumption and more than 95 % of energy for the transport of people and goods, including our food.
The Pacific Island Countries are currently heavily dependent on
fossil fuels, with petroleum products
accounting for an estimated 80 percent of its primary commercial energy
consumption.
Furthermore, India's growing dependence on
fossil fuel imports, which
account for around half of its energy
consumption, is also raising new energy security concerns.
When electric utilities have to choose among energy sources, they will have to take into
account the higher license fees or taxes associated with
fossil -
fuel consumption.
Although
consumption of nonfossil
fuels is expected to grow faster than
fossil fuels,
fossil fuels still
account for 77 % of energy use in 2040.
(G&A are also inconsistent on a number of fronts, including applying the 20 - year GWP for methane to livestock but using the 100 - year GWP for other anthropogenic methane emissions, and making an adjustment to emissions figures for the year 2000 to
account for increases in livestock tonnage between 2002 and 2009, but not making similar adjustments for rising
fossil fuel consumption over the same time).
Although renewable energy is beginning to make inroads,
fossil fuels still
account for 78 percent of global final energy
consumption as of 2014, according to REN21's Global Status Report 2016 (PDF).
So energy
consumption accounts for about 10 % of the world's GDP, and about 75 % of that is
fossil fuel based.
Then they formulated some guesses as to where that much plant - based carbon dioxide could come from and, by process of elimination and careful
accounting, determined that the source was human
consumption of
fossil fuels.