Projections Point to Strong Growth in World Energy Use
Worldwide energy consumption is expected to grow by 60% over the next two decades, according to the reference case projection recently released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its annual forecast of international energy demand.
The International Energy Outlook 2002 (IEO2002) expects much of the growth to occur in the developing world, with the regions of developing Asia (including China, India, and South Korea) and Central and South America leading the way as their consuming patterns increasingly resemble those of the industrialized world.