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Question 1: International Energy Agency's CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion publication of 2014. These figures depict world total primary energy supply (TPES) and CO2 emissions by fuel type for 2012. In considering the information in these figures and your broader reading across the first four modules of the course, please address yourself to these questions. When you compare the role of coal and oil in energy use and CO2 emissions, what differences do you find in the share of global energy for the fuel type compared to the fuel type's share of global CO2 emissions? When you do the same for "other," which includes renewables and nuclear, what do you find? What explains the disparities between the fuel types' energy shares and their CO2 emissions shares? As you consider the consequences of energy use over time, how is the special problem of the planet's reliance on coal a difficult obstacle to overcome? Do you believe it can be overcome?