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Environment & Energy

Yo_Mama

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2. I doubt it, really

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 08:00 AM

Apr 2014

Except for the spike caused by the coldest weather in about 100 years this last winter, electric/gas utility consumption has been essentially flat for years:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/IPUTIL

Total petroleum use is down, more comparable to that of the mid 1990s:
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WRPUPUS2&f=W

We produce more, but we export more. That includes kerosene, jet fuel, diesel, gasoline, etc.

The average US household just can't afford to use energy like it used to do. That's a very pretty graph, but I can't find the missing energy it says we are consuming in the economy.

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Americans Using More Energy Than Ever � Energy Use In The US Still Growing Rapidly [View all] unhappycamper Apr 2014 OP

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I doubt it, really Yo_Mama Apr 2014 #2

Fossil-fuel substitution is going to be a slow process. GliderGuider Apr 2014 #3