Megatrend #1: Increasing Energy Demand 📈 → Primarily for Electricity (Transportation; Devices; Wealth)

• Income per capita (+)
• Technology development (+)
• Population growth (+)

Status Quo: Unsustainable Energy System (85% Fossil Fuels) ⛽️

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-energy-substitution?country=~OWID_WRL

• 2009 → Dip during economic crisis

Order of Importance: Oil; Coal; Gas | Nuclear; Hydro + New Renewables (Solar & Wind)

1. Crude Oil → Largest component since 1960 → more recently slower
2. Coal → Recent acceleration in coal (emergence of India 🇮🇳 & China 🇨🇳)
3. Natural Gas → growing rapidly
   1. main question: will it continue growing rapidly and surpass coal and/or oil?
4. Nuclear ☢️ →
5. Hydro 🌊 →
6. New Renewables (growing rapidly but still starting at low base)
   1. Solar 🌞
   2. Wind 💨

Varied Consumption by Regions: Asia (Coal); Middle East (Oil); Mountains (Hydro); Europe (Mix + Nuclear)

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-energy-source-bar?country=USA~CHN~CAN~IND~BRA~GBR~FRA~AUT~Europe~European+Union~DEU~GRC~ISR~MEX~North+America~South+%26+Central+America~OWID_WRL

🇫🇷 France: 56 Nuclear Power Plants → ~40% of Energy Supply

Source: https://cnpp.iaea.org/countryprofiles/France/France.htm#