This has not been historically true. Growth overall has been more or less linear, and in developed economies like the US is essentially flat. https://en.wikip

This has not been historically true. Growth overall has been more or less linear, and in developed economies like the US is essentially flat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption#/media/File:Bp_world_energy_consumption_2016.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption#/medi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States#Current_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States#Cu...