"huge fall in heavy industry" That seems a little extreme. http://theamericanenergynews.com/energy-news/american-energy-consumption-growth-flat-to-2040-study

"huge fall in heavy industry" That seems a little extreme. http://theamericanenergynews.com/energy-news/american-energy-consumption-growth-flat-to-2040-study http://theamericanenergynews.com/energy-news/american-energy... The huge fall seems to be from 35 quadrillion BTU all time peak around '97 down to around 33 quadrillion BTU today. They predict a 0.7% growth rate in the future based on the consistent increase since the '07 recession. They expect commercial to keep growing, with the death of brick -n- mortar retail and general economic decline for non-elites, that sounds unrealistically optimistic.