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Old 14-07-2011, 12:15 AM
TrevorW
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No because the Govt does'nt have the balls to be proactive

you tell me why a country with 60% more daylight than Norway/Sweden has 60% less solar power

and I'll tell you because we've got 60% more coal than they have

the power come what may Co2 problem will only be resolved by a combination of all means of energy production

solar,wind,geo thermal,wave, ZEP coal, gas and even nuclear in one form or another

The United States Energy Information Administration regularly publishes a report on world consumption for most types of primary energy resources. According to IEA total world energy supply was 102,569 TWh (1990); 117,687 TWh (2000); 133,602 TWh (2005) and 143,851 TWh (2008). World power generation was 11,821 TWh (1990); 15,395 TWh (2000); 18,258 TWh (2005) and 20,181 TWh (2008). Compared to power supply 20,181 TWh the power end use was only 16,819 TWh in 2008 including EU27: 2 857 TWh, China 2 883 TWh and USA 4 533 TWh. In 2008 energy use per person was in the USA 4.1 fold, EU 1.9 fold and Middle East 1.6 fold the world average and in China 87% and India 30% of the world average.


In 2008 energy supply by power source was oil 33.5%, coal 26.8%, gas 20.8% (fossil 81%), renewable (hydro, solar, wind, geothermal power and biofuels) 12.9%, nuclear 5.8% and other 4%. Oil was the most popular energy fuel.



Oil and coal combined represented over 60% of the world energy supply in 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption
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