World Energy Consumption

Energy issues for human survival is a major problem faced by almost all countries in the world . No longer finding reserves in large numbers in the last period to make almost all of the world 's energy problems making a big problem that needs to be taken seriously . In the second routine annual report issued by the International Energy Agency ( IEA ) in 2004 , an estimated increase in energy consumption will continue to increase on average by 1.6 % annually . Meanwhile, a report published by the oil company BP in 2005 about the worldwide energy consumption mentioned that the increase in energy consumption between 2003 and 2004 it reached 4.3 % .

In a report issued by the so-called BP Review of World Energy 2005 , it is stated that the total energy consumption worldwide by the end of 2004 had reached 10244.4 million tonnes of oil equivalent . This fantastic amount equivalent to about 1/15 of the total oil reserves that exist around the world have been found until 2004 to reach about 162 billion tons . The amount of energy in the whole world itself is still dominated by fossil energy sources are major petroleum , natural gas and coal . The third most sought after energy source accounts for up to 87.7 % of total world energy consumption .

Traditional energy sources derived from petroleum is still the largest contribution to meet the energy needs of the world , reaching 36.7 % of total household consumption of energy , equivalent to 3767.1 million tons of oil . Coal and natural gas respectively a contributor to the energy needs of the world 's second-largest and third at 27.2 % for coal and 23.7 % for natural gas . Total household consumption of coal during 2004 reached 2778.2 million tons of oil equivalent , while natural gas reached 2420.4 million tons of oil equivalent . Energy consumption for the rest of the world needs met by nuclear energy is ' only ' 6.1% and energy from hydro ( water ) of 6.2 % .

Of all the energy consumed , partly used to generate electricity with a total worldwide reached 17 452 Terrawatt - hour ( TWh ) . Distribution of energy resources in distribution above clearly shows that the source of energy derived from fossil fuels still dominant enough to meet the energy needs of the world . Energy sources that are renewable (renewable ) is still dominated by the source of water ( hydro ) energy . The report does not include specifically how much energy can be produced by non- hydro renewable energy sources is still too small for the amount of energy that can be produced , in addition to non- hydro renewable energy sources most of which have not been entered into the commercial market that is not recorded properly . IEA predicts large non- hydro renewable energy amounted to only 2.5 % of total energy consumption there .

Energy consumption around the world is still dominated by large industrial countries such as the U.S. , China , Russia and Japan . The United States is the world's largest consumer of energy reaching 2331.6 million tons of oil equivalent or consuming more than 22.8 % of the total world energy consumption . China is a country with a rapidly growing industry and has the largest population in the world become the second largest energy consumer with consumption amounted to 1386.2 million tons of oil equivalent , or about 13.6 % of total world energy . The next state is the largest energy consuming in a row is the Russian Federation , Japan and India with each consuming 6.5 % , 5 % and 3.7 % of total world energy consumption . The next state into the top 10 largest energy consumer in the world after the countries in the top row are German ( 3.2 % ) , Canada ( 3 % ) , France ( 2.6 % ) , the UK ( 2.2 % ) and South Korea ( 2.1 % ) .

The data clearly indicate that the industrialized countries are members of the G - 8 still dominate energy consumption . Only China , India and South Korea which is a group of countries outside the G - 8 . Which also should be observed is the high growth of China and India in the amount of 15.1 % (the biggest growth in energy consumption in the world ) , and 7.2 % . High economic growth of both countries to make its energy consumption is predicted to continue to stir up .

Distribution of the world's energy consumption is still visible limp from country to country . Energy consumption in the United States for example , amounting to 22.8 % is still greater than the total of all countries in Africa coupled with middle eastern countries and countries in South America which are all only amounted to 12.5 % . Inequality is more so when we see that the actual production of oil , which is the largest component of energy in the world , it comes from countries in Africa , the Middle East and South America which reached 50.9 % of oil production around the world ( compare with United States the total oil production is only 8.5 % of total world oil production ) . This picture is clearly a challenge for developing countries , of course, including Indonesia, to spur industrial progress that natural resources are not only enjoyed by the countries that have been developed .