Percy a Payne

World Population, Energy and Climate Change Percy a Payne

WORLD POPULATION expanded 6-fold with an insatiable appetite for ENERGY resulting in a 52-fold increase in energy consumption in the last 150 years. Fossil fuels supplied 88 percent of world energy in 2018 with potential negative impacts on CLIMATE CHANGE. World economies are built on energy. Background data on world energy sources, conversion and use as well as potential impacts on the climate are presented. Options for future energy supplies are developed