Climate change science shows us that meeting our energy needs by burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide
Climate change science indicates that meeting our energy needs by burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide
. This marks a significant development, signalling the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. The data for Ireland on fossil fuel usage in the period 1980-2023 indicates Ireland’s overall fossil fuel usage has already peaked in 2008 at 184 TWh and has reduced since then, as shown in the graphic.
The increase in the number of houses together with the growth in house sizes and in household income all resulted in an increase in kerosene and natural gas usage for heating. Electricity usage also increased in our homes as we purchased more and more appliances. As a result, the past decade was marked by Ireland’s economy growing by 43 per cent, but the fuel switching, efficiency and renewables have combined to reduce fossil fuel use in this period by 6 per cent.Focusing on individual fuels, coal and peat both reached their peak contribution to Ireland’s energy supply during the 1980s, firstly peat in 1985 and then coal in 1989.
Natural gas grew steadily over the 20 years between 1990 and 2010 and appears to have peaked in 2010. It subsequently dropped by nearly 20 per cent over the next three years but since 2013, natural gas use has grown by less than 1 per cent annually on average, due primarily to increases in gas-fired electricity generation.
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