BP Global Data Report Shows Fossil Fuel Use Surging, Renewables Falling Behind – The Energy Mix
In a series of 10 charts based on the BP data that “illustrate humanity’s high-octane acceleration off the climate cliff”, Saxifrage concluded that fossil energy consumption is still increasing year by year, half of the world’s cumulative fossil fuel use has happened since 1990, and fossil burning is increasing at four times the rate as renewable and nuclear energy.
“It’s no wonder millions of children around the world are growing afraid of what the adults are doing to their future and have started school striking to try to save themselves. Or that extinction rebellions, birth strikes, and climate despair are emerging,” he stated.
“In fact, more than 80% of all fossil fuel burning has occurred during the lifetime of the baby boomer generation. That’s my generation. We got to enjoy the amazing benefits a stable climate provides,” but “instead of safeguarding this heritage to pass along to future generations, we’ve set it on fire.”