As the years go by, energy demand is increasing, as are global CO2 emissions. This has led to the creation of various technologies and the search for new energy sources that can reduce this significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions that the world is facing today. It has also led to the creation of agreements between countries to be able to control this serious problem.

These agreements draw a limit in the non-renewable energy industry for CO2 emissions, since in case of exceeding said limit, the consequence for living beings would be catastrophic. This forces the hydrocarbon industry to seek other ways of marketing its products, so that they are not used as fuel, for example, lubricants, asphalt, etc. However, these products do not produce the same profits as fuels, which is why many oil companies support projects to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, such as CO2 capture and storage, and thus have more room to increase their fuel production.

Although the change to renewable energies and the use of CSS may be expensive, they are necessary methods that must be adopted mitigate CO2 emissions. The hydrocarbon industry indisputably needs an energy revolution if the effects of greenhouse gases are not desired to continue increasing. The percentage of use of renewable energies is increasing, but it is still not enough to observe a significant decrease in the CO2 released into the atmosphere.