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But that is assuming of course that your "electricity generation" is typical of the whole planet.

This source says somewhat different:

https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics?country=WORLD&fuel=Energy%20supply&indicator=Electricity%20generation%20by%20source

"World electricity generation by source in 2017. Total generation was 26 TWh."

Coal (38%)

Natural Gas (23%)

Hydro (16%)

Nuclear (10%)

Wind (4%)

Oil (3%)

Solar (2%)

Biofuels (2%)

Other (2%)

Given that in their figures coal accounts for the majority (38%) I seriously doubt that between 2017 and now it has dropped by that much (down to just 4%).

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