Appetites are sated and efficiency isn't driving (or, rather, enabling) demand. Populations in highly developed nations, with the most supply, are stabilizing.

Appetites are sated and efficiency isn't driving (or, rather, enabling) demand. Populations in highly developed nations, with the most supply, are stabilizing. Materials science, telecommunication, and software are replacing part of energy as a component of GDP. Though it is hard to get around the prediction that electrifying transportation will create significant additional electricity demand.