This is true, but I know for a fact that US energy use at least has roughly dropped or remained stable for the last decade. Increase in energy use is typically

This is true, but I know for a fact that US energy use at least has roughly dropped or remained stable for the last decade. Increase in energy use is typically driven by people's increasing incomes and their ability to buy energy for using appliances and such. We can expect energy use to increase significantly globally until everyone is at a base level of income, but after that it should be capped at population growth.