Renewables costs fell as much as 80%
and new actors have become protagonists of the global energy scene
Primary energy consumption in 1965 and 2017
Source: BP Statical Review 2018
Meanwhile, coal consumption increased by more than 75% from 1993 to 2013
But in the past five years it has flattened
The effect of these changes on the global economy and society is major because of the fundamental role of energy for us
Energy is behind almost every human activity
On average, a calorie of beef requires 80 calories of fossil fuels to be produced. A calorie of lettuce consumes 127 calories of fossil fuels to be imported by plane across the Atlantic
Yet, the role of energy goes beyond this
It is, for instance, a key driver in geopolitics
China, for instance, has been transforming islands in the South China Sea into fully equipped military bases
