The article only refers to electricity demand in the US. World demand is stil growing, and I think the energy system is most properly viewed as a global one. I

The article only refers to electricity demand in the US. World demand is stil growing, and I think the energy system is most properly viewed as a global one. I would be interested to know whether the embedded energy consumed by the US has been growing or shrinking. (To calculate this you would add in the energy used to make American imports.)