On: How America Became an Economic Superpower

[rgbrenner]

If that graph was cumulative, it would appear much flatter. Here are the actual numbers: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec1_3.pdf

Decline after 2004? sure.. it went from 100 quadrillion Btu to 97 in 2013.

[tiatia → rgbrenner]

Yes. While the population was growing 1% per year. Both numbers combined speak a very different language. ;-)