Will oil, gas and coal peak by 2030?
Energy Gang
Wood Mackenzie
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The International Energy Agency last week published its World Energy Outlook, which is its big annual review of everything that is going on in the world of energy.
One of the headlines that has been attracting a lot of attention is the forecast that, on current trends, demand for all three fossil fuels – that is, oil, gas and goal – will peak before 2030. The IEA’s report states that the pathway to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C, the objective the world set in the Paris Agreement, is still open. Although if we carry on as we are, by 2030 it won’t be.
Joining Ed Crooks to discuss the IEA’s views and progress in the transition away from fossil fuels are Dr Melissa Lott and Amy Myers-Jaffe. Regular Energy Gang guests, Melissa is Director of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Amy heads up NYU’s Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab.
They debate whether this decade might witness the arrival of peak fossil fuel demand. What are the forecasts saying, and are they believable? The gang weigh up the recent tide of bad news about electric vehicles. Should we be preparing for an abrupt turn away from EVs? What could it mean for oil demand if it happened? And how should we interpret the two recent mega-deals in the US oil industry?
Plus: offshore wind is in trouble. Rising interest rates and supply chain issues are driving up costs, and big projects in the US are being cancelled. Can the industry find a way out of its predicament?
And finally, China’s share of global production of spherical graphite, used in battery anodes, is over 99%, putting it in a strong position in global supply chains. Now China has announced new export restrictions on several forms of graphite, raising questions about whether a new vulnerability has been exposed for US and European battery and EV manufacturers.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Energy Gang, a discussion show about the fast-changing world of energy. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Ed Crooks. |
| 0:10.0 | On the show today, we'll demand for fossil fuels peak this decade. |
| 0:16.8 | The future offshore wind is hanging in the balance, and do we have a new worry about |
| 0:21.2 | resource security in the energy transition. |
| 0:26.3 | To discuss those topics, it's a pleasure to welcome back to our regular guests here |
| 0:29.2 | on the energy gang. |
| 0:30.2 | Melissa Lott is the Research Director at Columbia University's Central and Global Energy Policy. |
| 0:34.4 | Hi Melissa, how are you? |
| 0:35.4 | Hey Ed, doing well. The weather has changed. |
| 0:37.9 | Man, over the weekend it went from like summertime to, |
| 0:41.1 | yeah, we're feeling winter now, but I'm not complaining I like seasons. |
| 0:44.1 | Indeed yeah and particularly after we had some rather unseasonable warmth during |
| 0:49.0 | October didn't way it's in a way it's kind of reassuring to see winter is coming. |
| 0:53.0 | And we're also joined by Amy Mars Jaffe, |
| 0:55.0 | who's the director of the Energy Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab |
| 0:58.0 | at New York University. |
| 0:59.0 | Hi, Amy, how are you? |
| 1:00.0 | I am good, but I have had a horrendously over-scheduled two days, so I'm a little frazzled today, I have to say. |
| 1:06.4 | Well, look, thank you very much indeed for making the time to join us on the energy game. |
| 1:10.8 | And thanks toto you Melissa as well. |
| 1:13.6 | Absolutely. We'll get to nerd out and talk about cool topics for all Amy. |
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