Energy (society)
The use of energy is important to human society for handling problems in the environment. Developed societies use energy resources for agriculture, transportation, garbage collection, information technology and human communication. The use of energy has increased since the Industrial Revolution. This has brought a number of serious problems such as global warming.
Production and use of energy resources is important to the economy of the world. Making sure energy is used well is needed for any society.
Energy is needed for the smooth running of activities in our society which makes it wanted in a high alarming rate and is extremely expensive.
Energy (society) Media
Energy consumption in kilograms of oil equivalent (kgoe) per person per year per country (2001 data). Darker tones indicate larger consumption, while dark grey areas are missing from the dataset. Red hue indicates increasing consumption, green hue indicates decreasing consumption, in the time between 1990 and 2001.
Oil prices from 1861 to 2007
