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Energy demand is up 30 percent by 2040 but coal will be a smaller part of the picture

Michael Allan McCrae | December 11, 2011 | 6:09 pm Energy Europe Coal 

Energy demand is predicted to be 30 percent higher by 2040 due to growing population and a rising GDP, but coal use will peak and decline over this same period. ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) published The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 on...

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