Interestingly, energy use actually declined during the first year of the pandemic (I know for sure in the US, and probably globally). You can see it here for Te

Interestingly, energy use actually declined during the first year of the pandemic (I know for sure in the US, and probably globally). You can see it here for Texas, https://findenergy.com/tx/#overview https://findenergy.com/tx/#overview , in the annual production graph, which is the state with the most production in the US. On a national level IIRC, it was approximately -4% from 2020 to 2021.