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What will be world per capita primary energy consumption (in kWh) in the following years?

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Year	resolution
2023	21.4k
Year	25th	median	75th
2025	21.2k ...	21.5k ...	21.9k ...
2032	22k ...	23.9k ...	25.9k ...
2052	34.5k ...	52.6k ...	83.4k ...
2122	59.9k ...	143k ...	627k ...

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upper 75%

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0.1%

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21.44k

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What was the final result?21.4k

Community Baseline Score

70.4

Community Peer Score

8.1

Forecast Timeline

2122

2025

2023

2052

2032

Authors:

RyanBeck

Opened:

Oct 19, 2022

Closes:

Jan 1, 2123

Scheduled resolution:

Aug 2, 2123

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