According to web references, this article is a bit premature—because 2030 is 15 years away. So, they are using roughly 3 million barrels/day today. In order to approach their current output, they’d have to triple that usage, which is what 8% growth compounded for 15 years would do. It’s hard to believe they’d use THAT much, as their population is only 30 million. In fact, they’re already using more per capita than the US—we’re at roughly 20 million barrels per day, but our population is 300 million.
We could be using less oil if only we had more safe nuclear power,didn’t allow envirowhackos to dictate destruction of hydro plants,didn’t waste billions of dollars on inefficient wind farms and more billions of dollars on poorly designed and installed lights that send glare into drivers’ eyes and a great portion of the light into space benefiting no one.
Integrated appliance could save a lot if done right;isn’t it ridiculous to use electric to heat cold water while at the same time using electric to throw heat out of the building ?