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> Umm, energy use per capita [0] is going up Your own linked data from the EIA says that you're wrong. Peak energy consumption per capita 1979: 359m btu Ener
by adventured 7y ago
> Umm, energy use per capita [0] is going up
Your own linked data from the EIA says that you're wrong.
Peak energy consumption per capita 1979: 359m btu
Energy consumption per capita 2000: 350m btu
Energy consumption per capita 2007: 335m btu
Energy consumption per capita 2018: 309b btu
That's an extremely clear downtrend over time.
- modriano 7y agoThe past decade has been flat, and it has increased noticeably since last year. There was a substantial recession about a decade ago that caused a contraction of the US economy which explains the decrease in energy consumption, and we've been recovering steadily. Unless we're going into another recession, the "downtrend" observed over the last recession isn't a predictor of future energy consumption.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoThe problem with that downtrend is it considers one nation alone, and completely ignores that the vast majority of manufacturing went elsewhere. The energy intensive activities became someone else's. If that is all the energy saved by moving all the heavy industry and manufacturing to the developing world, the overall up trend must be enormous.