The 2025 IEA World Energy Outlook Has Been Released. Coal grew faster in 2024 than either solar or wind. [View all]

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I have downloaded each edition for years and so I am familiar with trends both in the reality expressed as well as the soothsaying.

Some very preliminary comments based on perusing the graphics and the tables briefly.:

Of the reality portion (data) we can say: "So much for the 'renewable energy will save us' meme."

Of the soothsaying portion: It strikes me as increasingly realistic, particularly with respect to nuclear energy, the last, best hope of the human race, not enough, but slightly promising.

As for the "conservation will save us" meme put forth by the bourgeois idiot Amory Lovins, world energy demand rose by 13 Exajoules, to 654 Exajoules.

I will, as usual, for those familiar with my posts, comment on the numbers throughout the year.

It ain't pretty.