T. A. Boden of Oak Ridge National Laboratory compiled this dataset of fossil fuel CO2 emissions. It provides estimates from 1751 to 2013, derived from historical energy statistics, production data, and international trade records. The methodology synthesizes multiple historical compilations and U.N. energy statistics, with specific procedures for cement production and gas flaring.
Use Cases
- Modeling long-term global carbon budgets based on historical fossil fuel consumption.
- Analyzing national and regional emission trends over centuries based on production and trade data.
- Validating climate policy scenarios against historical baseline emissions from coal, oil, and gas.
Strengths
- Covers a long temporal range from 1751 to 2013.
- Integrates multiple authoritative historical sources, including Etemad et al. (1991) and U.N. statistics.
- Includes specific calculations for emissions from cement production and gas flaring.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (T. A. Boden)
- Collection Method
- Derived from digitized historical energy production and trade statistics, following established emission calculation procedures.
- Time Range
- 1751 to 2013
- Geography
- Global, regional, and national coverage