虽然近年石油能源价格的下跌将刺激能源消费,据美国DRI公司认为,从1985年至八十年代末,世界能源需求每年要增长1.6％。但是,能源结构的脱离石油倾向将不会逆转。预计日本使用石油占一次能源比例,将从1982年的52％,降低到199O年的53％、1995年的48％、2000年的42％。 为使宝贵的石油合理地作为化工原料使用,因此煤和新能源(如核能)正在向炼油、化工企业领域渗透。 Although the decline in oil energy prices in recent years will stimulate energy consumption, according to DRI, the world’s energy demand will increase by 1.6% annually from 1985 to the end of the 1980s. However, the energy structure’s tendency to break away from oil will not be reversed. It is expected that Japan’s use of oil in primary energy will be reduced from 52% in 1982 to 53% in 199O, 48% in 1995, and 42% in 2000. In order to use precious petroleum as a chemical raw material, coal and new energy (such as nuclear energy) are infiltrating into the fields of oil refining and chemical companies.