{"id":108373,"date":"2022-01-23T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T22:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=108373"},"modified":"2022-01-23T17:55:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T22:55:32","slug":"listen-up-global-energy-big-picture-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/listen-up-global-energy-big-picture-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen up! The global energy big picture | Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a Listen Up! guest post by Dave Wilkin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E274\">This second article in the <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/our-energy-future-a-mini-series-on-the-energy-transition-and-canadas-role-in-it-commentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Our Energy Future<\/span><\/a> series explores the global energy big picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E274\">My attached chart shows 30 years of global energy history, including a 2021 projection. The energy mix coloured stack (left axis, measured in exajoules) and related key trend lines shown provides some important insights. Note that <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bp.com\/en\/global\/corporate\/energy-economics\/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BP\u2019s primary energy data<\/span> <\/a>shown is for commercially traded fuels only and non-fossil fuel energy incorporates an \u2018energy-equivalency\u2019 2.5-times factor uplift for a fairer comparisons to fossil fuels. Growth rates referenced are 20-year annual averages (CAGR\u2019s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-23-17.28.59.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-23-17.28.59-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-23-17.28.59-630x420.png 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-23-17.28.59.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E402\">First, note that all primary energy grew at two per cent, pushing Energy Intensity<strong> <\/strong>(GJ per capita is shown)<strong> <\/strong>up about one per cent annually, driven entirely by developing countries\u2019 rapidly expanding middle-class and fast-growing economies<strong> <\/strong>(China and India led). Energy efficiency improvements were made, but they were overwhelmed by economic and population growth, so energy and fossil fuel consumption continued to climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E466\">Looking next at the energy mix, we see fossil fuels remained dominant with an 84 per cent share, down a modest two per cent over the past two decades, leaving Carbon Intensity flat (CO2 emissions per capita is shown). Fossil fuels grew at two per cent, driven entirely by <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/about\/document\/ratification-oecd-convention.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">non-OECD (i.e. less wealthy) countries<\/span><\/a> growing at double that, while OECD countries remained flat. Hydro power\u2019s modest growth was offset by nuclear power decline, despite significant Asian growth in both. The renewables share expanded to a modest six per cent, two-thirds of which came from wind and solar power, led by Europe and China.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E566\">Oil demand grew at about 1.2 per cent, but more notably, every year <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/tupa.gtk.fi\/raportti\/arkisto\/70_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">three to five per cent of production is lost from conventional oil field natural reservoir<\/span><\/a> declines and coupled with <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rystadenergy.com\/newsevents\/news\/press-releases\/worlds-recoverable-oil-now-seen-9pct-slimmer-commercial-volumes-can-keep-global-warming-below-1p8c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">slowing exploration\/development, has reduced conventional oil lifespans<\/span><\/a>. This combined with growing demand led to the rapid rise of unconventional oil, doubling in share over 15 years. US shale oil and Canadian oil sands (16 per cent and five per cent global oil share respectively in 2019) led this growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E654\">It\u2019s important to know that<a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/tupa.gtk.fi\/raportti\/arkisto\/70_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em> <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">recessions have tended to follow major oil price increases, showing how closely linked energy and the economy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> are<\/span>. However, a recession didn\u2019t follow the mid-last decade\u2019s large oil price spike. This was due to central banks&#8217; monetary policies which kept real interest rates at zero\/negative while <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/global-qe-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">injecting over $25 trillion<\/span><\/a> (i.e. \u2018quantitative easing\u2019) into the global economy since the 2008 financial crisis. It continues to this day. These unusual banking policies led to global gross debt\/GDP <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-02-17\/global-debt-hits-all-time-high-as-pandemic-boosts-spending-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">growing over 60 per cent in twelve years, to reach a stunning 355 per cent last year<\/span>.<\/a> This meant a significant amount of the economic growth over the period was debt, not productivity fueled. Concerningly, Canada has an even higher gross debt to GDP ratio and a <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/bcbc.com\/insights-and-opinions\/oecd-predicts-canada-will-be-the-worst-performing-advanced-economy-over-the-next-decade-and-the-three-decades-after-that\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lagging productivity growth outlook<\/span><\/a> compared to OECD countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E783\">Now note the 2021 projections. With economic growth returning, past energy trends have returned<strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> Global oil prices have surged, with <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/oil-prices-march-again-tight-market-us-crude-7-yr-high-2021-10-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Brent Crude briefly passing $85 per barrel<\/span><\/a> as global demand approaches the <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/outlooks\/steo\/report\/global_oil.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">100 million barrels\/day mark again<\/span><\/a>. One-hundred-dollar-a-barrel-plus oil next year looks very possible. Similarly, natural gas and coal demand has returned, and prices have rocketed up in most countries, <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/platts\/en\/market-insights\/latest-news\/electric-power\/122121-europes-energy-crisis-deepens-as-gas-rally-pushes-power-to-unprecedented-highs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">especially in Europe<\/span>.<\/a> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/06\/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Great Reset\u2019<\/a><\/span> some global elites and politicians called for (<a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7480328\/commentary-the-great-reset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">including our PM<\/span><\/a>) appears nowhere in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E871\">What has changed though is many Western governments\u2019 war on fossil fuels has taken its toll, leading to significant <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rystadenergy.com\/newsevents\/news\/press-releases\/the-world-will-not-have-enough-oil-to-meet-demand-through-2050-unless-exploration-accelerates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">upstream oil and gas investment reductions<\/span><\/a>, triggering today\u2019s supply-demand crunch. Strategically, this <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2021\/06\/16\/climate-goals-opec-oil-prices-energy-crisis-shortages-fossil-fuels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">benefits OPEC and members most<\/span><\/a>, as they remain immune to environmental activism, <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/opportune.com\/insights\/article\/qa-why-esg-investing-will-impact-oil-gas-landscape-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ESG investor pressures<\/span><\/a> and they retain their governments\u2019 strong support. But they can\u2019t fully meet global demand, given production capacity limitations. Oddly, despite Europe\u2019s energy crisis, even clean nuclear power is not immune to irrational environmental policies, as <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/balkangreenenergynews.com\/germany-belgium-to-close-nuclear-reactors-despite-europe-energy-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Germany and Belgium are demonstrating as they continue closing their remaining nuclear power stations<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E976\">So what to make of all of this? What is becoming clear is 2022 is shaping up for even higher prices. It\u2019s looking like a <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energypolicy.columbia.edu\/research\/op-ed\/why-energy-crisis-different\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">structural global energy crisis<\/span> <\/a>has arrived, bringing with it persistently high energy prices and inflation. With interest rate hikes looming, on top of high and still-rising global debt levels, the stage is now set for more turmoil. Geopolitics further complicates things (e.g. <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/huri.harvard.edu\/tcup-commentary\/europes-gas-crisis-russian-energy-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ukrainian \u2013 Russian conflict and the energy crisis gripping Europe<\/span><\/a>, <a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/11\/25\/why-are-russia-and-china-strengthening-ties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">China\u2019s even closer ties with energy-superpower Russia<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E1075\">This is certainly not a good position to be in when faced with the enormous costs associated with a chaotic energy transition. Other high-priority needs, like aging infrastructure, health care, and poverty must not become casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E1105\">Rapidly upending these deeply embedded historic trends, attempting to cut fossil fuel use in half in under eight years and to near-zero in under 30 years, is not only irrational but extremely dangerous. It will lead to more inequity, social unrest and conflict, while undermining the clean-energy transition sought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E1153\">There are far better, more rational paths forward than the one many European countries and Canada are currently on.<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>A future article will examine this picture more closely and consider what may lie ahead. Please watch for it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E1197\"><em>Dave Wilkin is a Professional Engineer, with a master\u2019s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. His career spans 45 years in IT, banking, energy and consulting<\/em><em> and is a co-owner in a small energy consulting company. 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