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• Fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, and coal) account for 85% of global primary energy consumption.
• Hydropower is environmentally friendly and releases significantly fewer greenhouse gases compared to fossil fuel sources such as oil, natural gas, coal, and diesel.
• Despite a decline in the consumption of all forms of fossil energy, Europe remains a substantial net importer of oil, natural gas, and coal.
• Countries with large coal and oil reserves may reduce their carbon footprint by increasing the share of natural gas and investing in efficient technologies like cogeneration and clean coal technology.
• Fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) contributed 61.3% of global electricity generation in 2020.
• Between 1973 and 2019, the proportionate composition of the global primary energy mix changed as follows: Biofuels and wastes decreased from 10.5% to 9.3%; Coal increased from 24.7% to 26.8%; Oil decreased from 46.2% to 30.9%; Natural gas increased from 16.2% to 23.1%; Nuclear increased from 0.9% to 5%; and Hydro increased from 1.8% to 2.5%.
• Methane is generated through natural processes like anaerobic digestion and anthropogenic activities including the production and transport of fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil.
• Fossil fuels, specifically coal, natural gas, and oil, contributed 61.3% of global electricity generation in 2020.
• Jones, Pejchar, and Kiesecker (2015) investigated how oil, natural gas, and wind energy infrastructure affect land use for biodiversity and the flow of ecosystem services.
• At the end of 2020, proved energy reserves were estimated to last 53.5 years for oil, 48.8 years for natural gas, and 139 years for coal, according to BP (2021).
• In the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Stated Policy Scenario, global natural gas usage is projected to grow while oil and coal usage declines.
• The majority of CO2 emissions are produced by burning coal, oil, and natural gas.
• The natural production decline rate of existing global oil and natural gas wells is more rapid than the projected future decline in demand, even under the most ambitious energy transition scenarios.
• Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are caused by human activities, specifically the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas, as well as deforestation and industrial processes.
• Natural gas has higher carbon emissions than nuclear power, although it is cleaner than coal or oil.
• Fossil fuels, including coal, natural gas, and oil, accounted for 61.3% of global electricity generation in 2020.
• Climate policy will inevitably lead to the stranding of fossil energy assets, including production and transport assets for coal, oil, and natural gas.
• Volatility in the prices of oil, natural gas, and coal impacts the energy transition process by creating instability in energy prices.
• Natural gas can substitute for oil and coal in the short to medium term, but this carries the risk of delaying the zero-emissions transition and creating carbon lock-in and stranded assets through the development of natural gas infrastructure.