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# Long description

A graph showing the consumption of various energy resources with respect to time. The vertical axis is in Mtoe (millions of tonnes of oil equivalents) from 0 to 7000 in intervals of 1000. The horizontal axis is labelled over 60 years from 1970 to 2030 in decade intervals. The first curve on the graph represents the increase in oil usage over the 60 year period as it rises from 2500 Mtoe to 5750 Mtoe. The next two curves represent natural gas and coal. These rise less steeply over the 60 year period. Natural gas rises from about 1000 Mtoe to 4000 Mtoe and coal from 1400 Mtoe to 3500 Mtoe. The next curve is energy from other renewable resources which rises slowly from 750 Mtoe to 1800 Mtoe over 60 years. The two final curves show the rise in nuclear and hydro power. These two curves show little increase over the 60 years both starting from about 10 Mtoe increasing to 800 Mtoe for nuclear power and 400 Mtoe fro hydro power. In general the graph predicts that oil and other fossil fuels will still be the major sources for world energy consumption towards the year 2030, with oil being consumed the most.