> The only block of countries reducing it are the EU (making our life miserable), the USA at most is maintaining it, and China, India, all of Africa and mostly

> The only block of countries reducing it are the EU (making our life miserable), the USA at most is maintaining it, and China, India, all of Africa and mostly all others, are pumping out more and more of it US is a large country with considerable amounts of coal (and oil to a lesser extent). China also owns a considerable amount of coal on their territory. Several African countries are significant oil producers. (overall even if it's oversimplifying: it makes sense that large countries with low density of population have larger amounts of natural resources per capita...) Since EU imports > 95% of the fossil fuels it uses and since the volume of oil extracted from earth will soon peak and then decline (in a context where the countries who extract it will keep more and more for themselves, therefore even less to be available on the market), it is indeed wise that EU learns to organise with less fossil fuels (independently from any climate/environmental concerns, which are another good reason). If EU doesn't then it will anyway have to face such a decline, without being properly organised...