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Beware of data that is relevant but inaccurate, or accurate but irrelevant. Only relevant and accurate data is useful.","Of all energy used in the world, how much comes fr","Of all energy used in the world, how much comes from natural gas, coal and oil?",[118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137],"uk 0.6937","usa 0.52","bra 0.67","fra 0.61","deu 0.6","jpn 0.62","mex 0.57","rus 0.54","esp 0.58","swe 0.66","mys 0.56","mar 0.54","dnk 0.59","fin 0.61","nor 0.68","zaf 0.51","ind 0.62","pak 0.58","nga 0.56","phl 0.64",[139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158],"uk 0.3525","usa 0.16","bra 0.32","fra 0.23","deu 0.14","jpn 0.40","mex 0.20","rus 0.23","esp 0.21","swe 0.15","mys 0.25","mar 0.22","dnk 0.17","fin 0.14","nor 0.18","zaf 0.26","ind 0.30","pak 0.22","nga 0.20","phl 0.36","Around 80% of all energy used in the world comes from coal, oil and natural gas.","Many wrongly believe that fossil fuels are no longer the dominant energy sources. You hear a lot about clean energy solutions and it gives the impression that they are already replacing the old dirty fuels. But nope.","Many wrongly believe that fossil fuels are no longer the dominant energy sources. All the talk about clean energy gives an impression that the old dirty fuels are already being replaced. But nope.","Sources: IEA, EIA and BP","We use three data sources for Primary Energy Consumption from fossil fuels, which have very similar estimates for their most recent year: EIA (78.5% year 2020); IEA (80.1% year 2020); and Energy Institute (formerly BP) (82% in 2022). As many people think the number is lower than that, we use a number closer to the smallest estimate, 80%, to avoid giving an impression that we are trying to exaggerate the number. The real number might very well be above 80%, maybe even 82% like the Energy Institute reports. Primary Energy Consumption is the total amount of energy that is used. It includes final consumption by end users plus energy used for transport and transformation into a usable product[5].\n\n[1]  [Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy 2023](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.energyinst.org\u002Fstatistical-review)  \n[2]  [International Energy Agency](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.iea.org\u002Fdata-and-statistics?country=WORLD&fuel=Energy%20supply&indicator=TPESbySource)  \n[3]  [EIA](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eia.gov\u002Foutlooks\u002Faeo\u002Fdata\u002Fbrowser\u002F#\u002F?id=2-IEO2021&sourcekey=0)  \n[4]  [Energy Balance IEA](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.iea.org\u002Fsankey\u002F)  \n[5]  [IEA - Global primary energy, electricity generation, final consumption and CO2 emissions by fuel, 2018](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.iea.org\u002Fdata-and-statistics\u002Fcharts\u002Fglobal-primary-energy-electricity-generation-final-consumption-and-co2-emissions-by-fuel-2018)  \n[6] We consulted six independent experts about this question, including Jessica Jewell of Chalmers University.","We are bombarded by news and commercials about new and clean technologies and maybe the amount of news makes people believe that a lot of fossil fuels have already been replaced. Such a misconception risks making people assume that enough of a change has already happened. \n\nBut 80% of energy still comes from fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). It’s easy to assume that the remaining 20% comes from modern clean energy sources, but that is not the case. Almost 10% comes from burning plants (wood, charcoal and waste), which produces smoke that adds to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere until new plants have grown, while nuclear adds 5% and water and wind\u002Fsolar only contribute around 2-3% each. \n\nThe three fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), are mainly burnt by rich people and rich countries and, despite all the talk, so far only a few high-income countries have cut their fossil use, and only by a fraction. To summarize: The required switch to clean energy has barely started.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nThe climate change problem is urgent and changes need to be made as soon as possible. If we do not not know even the basic facts, how can we know what we need to do to make the changes required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change?\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nThere has been a lot of talk about clean energy and so they probably assume that has been matched with action.\n\n### What is the difference between primary energy consumption and final energy consumption and why is it important?\nThe figure we use in this question is about primary energy consumption, which looks only at how much energy is inputted into the energy production, and not how much energy is outputted. Fossil fuels are very inefficient compared to sources of renewable energy. When fossil fuels are being burnt a lot of energy is wasted as heat and noise. If we don’t look at the amount of energy inputted, but instead look at the energy that is used by consumers, then the fossil sources are just around 67%. Because renewable energy is so much more efficient, we don't need to replace all of the energy that is inputted at the start, only the energy used by people at the end. This means our goals are even more achievable.\n\nThe lost energy can be seen at the bottom of the total energy flow in [this diagram.](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.iea.org\u002Fsankey\u002F) \n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes. We use three data sources for Primary Energy Consumption from fossil fuels, which have very similar estimates for their most recent year: EIA (78.5% in 2020); IEA (80.1% in 2020); and Energy Institute (82% in 2022). As many people think the number is lower than that, we use a number closer to the smallest estimate, 80%, to avoid giving an impression that we are trying to exaggerate the number. The real number might very well be above 80%, maybe even 82% like the Energy Institute reports. Primary Energy Consumption is the total amount of energy that is used. It includes final consumption by end users plus energy used for transport and transformation into a usable product.\n\n### Discover more\nSee energy consumption by energy type [here](https:\u002F\u002Fourworldindata.org\u002Fgrapher\u002Fglobal-primary-energy?stackMode=relative&time=earliest..latesttype). \n\nSee a rough overview of emissions by income [here](https:\u002F\u002Fourworldindata.org\u002Fgrapher\u002Fglobal-primary-energy).\n","If you were right, global warming would be easy to fix"]