Will less than 2% of humanity's electricity production come from oil before 2030?
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2022 had 3.10% come from oil.
I will use this data to resolve: Electricity production by source, World (ourworldindata.org)
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I'd think it would drop below 2% soon, as fuel oil power generation is just kind of a goofy concept that nobody really does anymore, and only seems to really serve as a hedge against LNG prices. I'd think the 2022 figure was a bit artificially inflated (and maybe 2023 will be too) due to the winter LNG shortage due to the Ukrainian war, and things like this happening: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-24/storm-elliott-news-oil-is-main-fuel-for-power-plants-in-new-england
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