The current state of global dependency on fossil fuels is summarised in the following charts taken from Hannah Ritchie and Pablo Rosado's ourworldindata.org. They speak for themselves.


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The charts above don't distinguish between coal, oil and gas. In 2023, the US obtained 60% of its electricity from fossil fuels, 43% from natural gas and16% from coal. Compare that with China whose fossil fuel figure is only slightly higher than the US (64%) but of that figure, 60% comes from coal. These differences matter since burning coal releases far more CO2 into the atmosphere than gas or oil.
Click on the links below for a more detailed discussion of global fossil fuel demand. Going up or down?
Title Photo: By Adbar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23915753