> As a side note, some of the lower consumption can be attributed to efficiency gains in tools/processes. Although I note that we seem to be agreeing; none of

> As a side note, some of the lower consumption can be attributed to efficiency gains in tools/processes. Although I note that we seem to be agreeing; none of the lower consumption can be attributed to efficiency gains. Efficiency gains cause consumption to rise (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox). If efficiency is rising through all this, that means bad energy policy is actually causing even more damage than it superficially appears to.