Is Australia using more than its fair share of fossil fuels ?
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian population at 30 June 2002 : 19,662,800
ABS: "Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Australia's annual population growth rate has been in excess of 1%."
Assuming 1% p.a. growth :
Australian Population at 30 June 2005 : 20,258,600
www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html
World Population at 3 June 2005 : 6,445,409,416
Therefore Australian population is 0.314% of World population
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2004
| Consumption (Mtoe) |
Oil |
Gas |
Coal |
Total |
| Australia 2003 |
38.1 |
23.7 |
50.2 |
112.0 |
| World 2003 |
3636.6 |
2331.9 |
2578.4 |
8546.9 |
| % of World |
1.048 |
1.016 |
1.947 |
1.310 |
So Australia consumes 4.172 times more than a world per capita fair share of fossil fuels.
Australia needs to reduce its consumption of fossil fuels by 76% to achieve a fair share.
The world's population is increasing by 1 Australia every 3 months. Think about it.
Dave Kimble April 2006
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