The Human Impacts Database
A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.Global annual energy consumption from fossil fuels
EnergyFossil FuelsThis quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2021) is reported.
| Value: |
≈ 4.9 × 1020 J / yr
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This is equivalent to... ≈ 1.6 × 1013 W |
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| HuID: | 29470 | |
| Relevant Year(s): | 2021 | |
| Summary: | Sum of global energy consumption by natural gas, oil, and coal reported by BP. This is primary energy consumption from their burning, about half of which is converted to usable energy. | |
| Method: | BP does not describe the methodology to determine these values or provide a statement of uncertainty. | |
| Source: | British Petroleum bp Statistical Review of World Energy dataset. (2022) | |
| Dataset: |
Global energy usage by type (bp_consumption_by_type.csv)
global resolution
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| Original Data License: | Some Rights Reserved | |
| Added By: | rbanks |
