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Interestingly, Japan oil consumption felt by +/- 18% since 2000 while population remained stable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_Japan https://en.

• IkmoIkmo 10y ago
  This is mostly true for many developed countries. For example, in the nr 1 economy in Europe, Germany, the figure dropped since the 80s, and all of this is well before renewables ramped up (which are still tiny). Same with the nr 2, the UK, also dropped, and the nr 3, France. I haven't bothered looking further. All these countries grew in size somewhat btw. In part it's because of new efficiencies, in part because of shifting industries away from industrial towards services.