Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki
They promised a fossil-free world. Twenty-five years later, we got… a rounding error. In 2000, fossil fuels powered ~88% of global energy. In 2024, they still powered 86%.
That’s after trillions in subsidies, millions of turbines and panels, and two decades of “last chance” climate summits. The Energy Institute’s brand-new Statistical Review is a wrecking ball for the narrative: record energy demand, record fossil use, record emissions — and renewables still stuck at ~6% of primary energy.
This isn’t a political opinion. It’s the global energy scoreboard. And it shows the “transition” isn’t replacing fossil fuels… it’s adding on top of them while demand explodes in Asia.
If you want to understand why Net Zero is delusional, why grids get shakier, why bills keep rising, and why China is laughing while burning coal and exporting your subsidized green tech — this is the data walk-through you’ve been waiting for. Read: “The Transition That Never Transitioned.”