{"id":286615,"date":"2023-11-05T13:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286615"},"modified":"2023-11-05T13:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T12:30:28","slug":"zero-chance-of-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2050-says-the-u-s-energy-information-agency-exxonmobil-and-opec-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286615","title":{"rendered":"Zero chance of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, says the U.S. Energy Information Agency; ExxonMobil and OPEC agree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fossil fuels will not be replaced anytime soon. Clean energy sources, including wind and solar, will grow between 75% and 120% by 2050, but\u00a0they will at best represent approximately half the energy supply stemming from fossil fuels by 2050.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S. Energy Information Agency, EIA, projects that global consumption of fossil fuels will increase by as much as 40% by 2050. In their \u201cInternational Energy Outlook 2023<\/a>,\u201d released October 11, 2023, EIA said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Global population growth and higher living standards push growth in energy consumption beyond advances in energy efficiency, resulting in increased energy emissions despite global targets of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 <\/strong>(emphasis added).<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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You read that correctly. The EIA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, says world fossil fuel use will continue on its upward trajectory until at least 2050. EIA does not project beyond 2050, but its forecast shows no sign of the upward trend in fossil fuel consumption changing after 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this latest projection, EIA says that wind, solar, and other alternate energy will continue to grow, but they will not come close to replacing fossil fuels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clean energy sources, including wind and solar, will grow between 75% and 120% by 2050, but they will at best represent approximately half the energy supply stemming from fossil fuels by 2050.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The EIA report flies in the face of the Administration\u2019s goals of net zero by 2050, which are described on the website of the \u201cOffice of the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer, Council on Environmental Quality<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Biden’s Executive Order 14057 on catalyzing American clean energy industries and jobs through Federal sustainability and accompanying Federal Sustainability Plan (collectively referred to as “The Federal Sustainability Plan”) outlines an ambitious path to achieve net-zero emissions across Federal operations by 2050.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cKey Actions\u201d described on the Administration\u2019s sustainability website are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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