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That is often true, but isn't necessarily always true, and certainly not always true for every resource. Total electricity use in the US has been fairly flat fo
by delecti 4y ago
That is often true, but isn't necessarily always true, and certainly not always true for every resource. Total electricity use in the US has been fairly flat for the past 20 years, and that's despite increasing in population by about 50million over the same period.
- QuarterReptile 4y agoSources for anyone else who wanted to upgrade this from 'internet stranger fact' to 'thing I would repeat to my acquaintances': https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/ https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/ https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange...
- nradov 4y agoElectricity use has only stayed flat in the US because we have outsourced much of our heavy industry to China and other countries. If you properly account for the electricity we are effectively importing in the form of manufactured goods then the curve goes way up.