OUR DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction Correlation between energy, population, carbon emissions and GDP Energy consumption Oil Gas and coal Europe Electrification and digitalisation Oil refinery The looming decline of oil production What happens when we reduce our fossil fuel consumption Peak oil Conclusions Introduction Fossil fuels have empowered machines to do the hard mechanical work for us, providing enormous comfort and a high standard of living in our daily lives that people 3 centuries ago could not even dream of. The number of machines and power stations using fossil fuels is now such that for every person in industrialied society, these machines do the work equivalent of 200 human muscles. Yes, we all have an average of 200 "human slaves" in the form of machines working for us, and that's why we have paid holidays, entertainment everywhere, plenty of food available and affordable at the supermarket, etc... Fossil fuels are everyw...
WHY WE ARE ALL DOOMED, AND THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT