Natural gas will gain markets, while coal will experience the steepest relative drop in market share.

China is about to become the largest oil-importing country and Indian will become the largest importer of coal by the early 2020s. The United States moves steadily towards meeting all of its energy needs from domestic resources by 2035. Together, these changes represent a re-orientation of energy trade from the Atlantic basin to the Asia-Pacific region.

Globally, fossil fuels continue to meet a dominant share of global energy demand, with implications for the links between energy, the environment and climate change.

Over the past few years, governments have heavily promoted renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. It is believed that renewables will grow dramatically as a percentage of U.S. energy consumption - nearly tripling by 2023.