The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh

Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by caymanjim on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:24AM (#23870757)

You're citing evidence of falling emissions, but that doesn't mean consumption has fallen. It looks like US fossil fuel consumption peaked in 2005, slightly above the mid-70s peak, based on data from the US Energy Information Administration[1]. It's split out into petroleum/coal/natural gas categories, but some hovering and mental math shows 2005 was the peak. The preceding decade was about as high as the mid 70s. There's a significant drop after 2007, but still not below the early 70s level.

US energy is cleaner now, and the percentage of total energy from fossil fuels has been steadily decreasing since 1970 [2], but total consumption of fossil fuels is still high.

Edit: this isn't per-capita; the per-capita numbers would definitely be lower.

[1]: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=10

[2]: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/foss...

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Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by treis on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:46AM (#23871059)

Fossil fuel isn't really important when we're talking specifically about oil. And Oil production has been steadily increasing:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/265203/global-oil-produc...

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Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by JauntTrooper on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:54AM (#23871182)

The updated graph for [1] through 2018 is revealing: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=40013

The big story looks like the huge transition from coal to natural gas. 2005 remains the peak for petroleum, but it's been increasing recently.

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Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by koheripbal on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:30AM (#23870845)

We have to mention that manufacturing moved out of the US, so of course emissions dropped. Look at Chinese emissions.

We're just re-arranging chairs on the Titanic.

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