CHAPTER 1

Energy, Commodities, and Water

  1. The Surge of Energy Demand in Developing Economies
  2. Rising and Falling Energy Resources
  3. The Attractiveness of Natural Gas
  4. The Rise of Alternative and Renewable Energies in Developed and Developing Economies
  5. Growing Demand for Natural Resources
  6. International Trade of Natural Resources
  7. Higher Levels of Price Volatility
  8. Global Perils of Water Scarcity

The Surge of Energy Demand in Developing Economies

The global primary energy demand has grown 1.6 times since 1970, from 104.5 million barrels of oil equivalent (mboe/d) in 1970 to 273.9 mboe/d in 2014 and is expected to increase by another 40 percent by 2040 [8]. The most important driver of energy demand is economic growth, which is often measured in terms ...

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