切弗隆公司对世界能源的现状和前景进行了深入广泛的研究,结论如下:到2000年之前,资本主义世界能源消耗年平均增长2.4%,其中石油需求增长仅是这个数字的一半(1.2%),从天然气到太阳能的其他能源的增长超过石油的增长速度。美国的能源消耗年增长率为 Chevron Corporation conducted an in-depth and extensive study on the current situation and prospects of world energy. The conclusions are as follows: By the year 2000, the energy consumption in the capitalist world increased at an average annual rate of 2.4%, of which oil demand growth was only half of this figure (1.2% ), The growth of other energy sources, from natural gas to solar energy, outpaces the rate of oil growth. The annual growth rate of energy consumption in the United States is