It’s the most recent dataset “Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Share of primary energy consumption that comes from oil – Using the substitution method” [dataset]. Energy Institute, “Statistical Review of World Energy” [original data].”
If you look at the historical data you’ll notice that year over year changes are small. The reason coal is declining is because coal-intensive industrial processes have moved to other countries and because of the current transient natural gas glut due to oil fracking. This will not last.
Not quite https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-energy-source-sub?country=~USA
That chart seems to go until 2024. The article concerns 2026.
The article talks about energy, while they mean just electricity generation. My graph was about primary energy demand.
Yes, but isn’t the graph limited to 2024? Do you have one through to the date in the article?
It’s the most recent dataset “Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Share of primary energy consumption that comes from oil – Using the substitution method” [dataset]. Energy Institute, “Statistical Review of World Energy” [original data].” If you look at the historical data you’ll notice that year over year changes are small. The reason coal is declining is because coal-intensive industrial processes have moved to other countries and because of the current transient natural gas glut due to oil fracking. This will not last.
So the dataset doesn’t cover the time period the article is talking about?
I think the article showed a small blip where solar gained footing over coal. I think it makes sense that this wasn’t what has happened in the past.
Let’s see what happens I guess