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Where will our energy come from in the future
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Global demand for energy is rising. Today, 80% is met by burning fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas). Will demand go on rising? Will fossil fuels continue to dominate? Will concerns about climate change lead to a transition to renewable energy, or will it happen anyway as the cost of solar and wind energy falls? Will all cars be electric in the future? These are hard questions to answer. In 1900, only 22% of – the very small number of – cars in the USA were powered by internal combustion engines (while 40% were driven by steam, and 38% were electric): who would have guessed that gasoline powered cars would soon become dominant? Could we be on the verge of similar rapid transitions in the production and use of energy?
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