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Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions · Hindsight | Envisioning

Hindsight · review build · data not yet validated

Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions

US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook, 2018, published 2018

Publishers Envisioning Hype Cycle explorer Forecast vs actual

co2_emissions_energy in 2050: 5278.69 million metric tons CO2

Source

Verdict

Not graded yet.

The same forecast in other editions

20175084.18 million metric tons CO2
20185278.69 million metric tons CO2
20195019.44 million metric tons CO2
20204921.93 million metric tons CO2
20214806.91 million metric tons CO2
20224737.68 million metric tons CO2
20233949.44 million metric tons CO2
20253376.33 million metric tons CO2

All captured fields

series: co2_emissions_energy
target year: 2050
value: 5278.69
unit: million metric tons CO2
case: Reference
retrospective: AEO Retrospective 2025 (data file, pulled August 2025)
column: EMI_CO2_NA_NA_NA_NA_NA_MILLMTCO2EQ
confidence: high

Permalink

https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2018-034

Cite

Hindsight, claim eia-aeo-2018-034. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2018-034

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