> Depending on who is counting energy consumption (this is all sources of energy not just utility electricity) either peaked or plateaued in 2017-2018. While t

> Depending on who is counting energy consumption (this is all sources of energy not just utility electricity) either peaked or plateaued in 2017-2018. While this is my understanding too I would dispute the cause. Energy use did not peak because demand simply levels out at some point, it peaked because energy return on investment is declining. This is a thermodynamic inevitability barring a breakthrough of the same magnitude as the one-time fossil pulse whose apex we have (arguably) just traversed.