Global Energy Forecast to 2100
A global energy demand forecast is presented to 2100 based on historic growth of per capita energy consumption, 1965-2015 and on UN low and medium population growth forecasts. The low forecast sees energy demand growing from 13.15 billion tonnes oil equivalent (toe) per annum in 2015 to 19.16 billion toe in 2100. The medium population forecast sees 29.5 billion toe in 2100, that is a rise of 124% over 2015. This is an interactive post where commenters are invited to suggest where all this additional energy may come from.
[I have been and am still incredibly busy. For the last three weeks I have been working on a significant consulting job. No comments please on this subject. This short post is based on some simple modelling work I did last May – and no I have not been offered a job as a male model. Those offers dried up about 20 years ago 
