BP annual review shows the parlous state of fossil fuel addiction

The CEO and others at BP have stood up this week, surveyed the state of decarbonization and told the world off, with a “must do better” attitude – despite the fact that BP has consistently been mealy-mouthed about climate change and fossil fuels and has no real stake in the ground in renewables territory. This then was its annual statistical energy review which more or less sums up what we have been writing all year up to this date – that emissions are up, and actually they are up quite a bit and that’s a surprise. Tut-tut. Let’s take some samplings – Primary energy consumption grew at a rate of 2.9% last year, that’s a doubling of its 10-year average…