World Coal Consumption Drops, Even As Demand Increases in India, Indonesia

摘要

Global coal consumption dropped the most on record last year as the U.S. and other major economies started turning away from the most polluting fossil fuel, according to BP Pic's annual review of energy trends. As the world begins to tackle the goals of last year's Paris climate agreement, news of coal's retreat was tempered by the fact that oil increased its share of energy consumption as low prices spurred demand in both industrialized and developing countries. "Oil grew exceptionally strong because when price falls, demand increases," Spencer Dale, BP's chief economist, said in London as the company presented its Statistical Review. "The big casualty last year was coal. We are seeing a shift in the fuel mix away from coal, driven a lot by environment issues."