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Oil Consumption

Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021

Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

In this Our World in Data resource, students can view maps, graphs, and tables to see how much coal is used per country, measured in terawatt-hours.
Students can see historical data as far back as 1965 to data that has been updated within the last 3 years.

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Economics, Mathematics

Authors: Our World in Data

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

The resource also links related resources that include the data for further exploration.
The color coding on the map helps give students a quick picture of the global landscape of the data.

Prerequisites

Students may need terawatt-hour defined to better understand the data.
Students should also understand what oil is, how it is used, and how it impacts the planet.

Differentiation & Implementation

Students can use the resource Follow the Oil to understand the environmental justice implications of oil production and usage.
Economics students can explore the determinants of supply and demand using this resource in conjunction with Oil Production data.
In addition, for economics, teachers can use this data to introduce the negative externalities of consumption. By looking at this data, the teacher can ask the students to explain the effects on third parties (people other than consumers of oil) from the consumption of oil.

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