Even before the Trump administration reversed America’s energy policy from concerns about climate change to energy dominance, the so-called renewable-energy transition wasn’t coming to fruition as proponents had wanted.
This year’s “Statistical Review of World Energy” showed that fossil fuels continued to dominate the energy landscape, accounting for nearly 87% of total global energy consumption, and they were the dominant energy source the year before. Despite spending trillions of dollars on the effort to make renewable energy the leading source, fossil fuels continue to reign.
At about the same time, America’s top universities continue to focus on renewable energy and climate change, while data shows the petroleum industry will continue to provide many jobs and be a key part of the nation’s energy mix for the foreseeable future.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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