World
primary energy consumption
As you can see from the world
oil resources table, the current – let alone the increasing
future – fossil oil extraction rate is unsustainable in the long
run. Easily accessible reserves are already being depleted at an enormous
rate.
I intend to build relevant data that will enable rational discussion
and planning on where we go from here.
To forward this process, below is a table
of current world energy consumption, with details for several countries.
Other countries may be added on request, or you may wish to use the sources
referenced at the end of this item.
Figures/percentages should not be taken to be anything but approximations.
It is intended to break down the data further to show applications of
energy usage.
In the meantime, I am working on the crude assumption that western economies
use power for three main purposes: heating, transport and electricity
generation, and that each of these sectors take approximately one third
of the energy a nation uses. This approximation does not distinguish usage
in industry, manufacturing or otherwise.
Be aware that that motor transport, other than railways, is currently
almost entirely dependant on transportable oil sources, whereas other
usage requirements are more flexible.
World
primary energy consumption (at the end of 2001) |
| country |
year’s
total energy consumption
|
oil |
natural
gas |
coal |
‘alternative’ |
hydro-
electricity |
nuclear |
other |
| (million
tonnes
oil equivalent )
|
| the world |
9124.8
[100%] |
3510.6
[38.5%] |
2164.3
[23.7%] |
2255.1
[24.7%] |
594.5
[6.5%] |
601.2
[6.6%] |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
111.0
[100%] |
62.7
[56.5%] |
48.3
43.5%] |
– |
– |
– |
|
| Iraq |
28.7
[100%] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Kuwait |
19.1
[100%] |
10.5
[55.0%] |
8.6
[45.0%] |
– |
– |
– |
|
| Iran |
114.3
[100%] |
54.2
[47.4%] |
58.5
[51.2%] |
0.8
[0.07%] |
0.8
[0.07%] |
– |
|
| United Arab Emirates |
45.2
[100%] |
14.3
[31.6%] |
30.8
[68.4%] |
– |
– |
– |
|
| Russian Federation |
643.0
[100%] |
122.3
[19.0%] |
335.4
[52.2%] |
114.6
[17.8%]
|
39.8
[6.2%] |
30.9
[4.8%] |
|
| Venuzuela |
61.9
[100%] |
22.2
[35.9%] |
26.0
[42%] |
* |
13.7
[22.1%] |
– |
|
| China |
839.7
[100%] |
231.9
[27.6%] |
24.9
[3.0%] |
520.6
[62.0%] |
58.3
[6.9%]
|
4.0
[0.05%] |
|
| Libya |
11.5
[100%] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mexico |
127.7
[100%] |
82.7
[64.8%]
|
30.4
[23.8%] |
6.3
[4.9%] |
6.4
[5.0%] |
2.0
[1.6%] |
|
| Nigeria |
17.9
[100%] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| USA |
2237.3
[100%] |
895.6
[40.0%] |
554.6
[24.8%] |
555.7
[24.8%] |
48.3
[2.2%] |
183.2
[8.2%] |
|
| Norway |
41.7
[100%] |
9.7
[23.3%] |
4.0
[9.6%] |
0.6
[1.4%] |
27.4
[65.7%] |
– |
|
| Algeria |
25.0
[100%] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| UK |
224.0
[100%] |
76.1
[34.0%] |
85.9
[38.3%] |
40.3
[18.0%] |
1.5
[0.7%] |
20.4
[9.1%] |
|
| Japan |
514.5
[100%] |
247.2
[48.0%] |
71.1
[13.8%] |
103.0
[20.0%] |
20.4
[4.0%] |
72.7
[14.1%] |
|
| France |
256.4
[100%] |
95.8
[37.4%] |
36.6
[14.3%] |
10.9
[4.3%] |
18.1
[7.1%] |
94.9
[37.0%] |
|
| Germany |
335.2
[100%] |
131.6
[39.3%] |
74.6
[22.3%] |
84.4
[25.2%] |
5.8
[1.7%] |
38.7
[11.5%] |
wind:
approx. 1% |
| Denmark |
18.9
[100%] |
10.1
[53.4%] |
4.6
[24.3%] |
4.2
[22.2%] |
* |
– |
wind:
approx. 5% |
| Canada |
274.6
[100%] |
88.0
[32%] |
65.4
[23.8%] |
28.9
[10.5%] |
17.4
[5.3%] |
75.0
[27.3%] |
|
| Iceland |
2.5
[100%] |
0.9
[36%] |
– |
0.1
[4%] |
– |
1.5
[60%] |
|
| 1
tonne oil equivalent is equivalent to 12 megawatt hours [mwh]
electricity.
However, a tonne of oil used in a power station
to generate electricity produces about one third of this amount,
that is 4 mwh electricity.
Note: all energy uses involve inefficiencies.
In this case, the efficiency would be expressed as 33%. |
| * less than 0.05 |
‘alternative’:
The figures in the nuclear and hydro columns are the result of calculating
the equivalent amount of fossil fuel required to generate the same
amount of electricity as produced from nuclear or hydro, applying
a 38% notional efficiency when generating from fossil fuels. These
figures do not apply to the electricity supplied
as a percentage of the country’s total end energy usage.
The figures for wind and other alternatives are currently not comparable
in the table to those for nuclear and hydro, but instead
represent a percentage of the end-use electricity consumed by that
country. |
sources:
mostly http://www.bp.com/downloads/1087/statistical_review.pdf
http://www.enerdata.fr/enerdata_UK/Produits/exemples/conso.pdf
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html
the web address for this page is
https://www.abelard.org/news/oil3.htm#oil010103
|
02.01.2003
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