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Re:How America Became an Economic Superpower by rgbrenner on Thursday December 25, 2014 @05:20AM (#8795965)
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.

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Re:How America Became an Economic Superpower by tiatia on Thursday December 25, 2014 @09:30AM (#8796278)
Yes. While the population was growing 1% per year. Both numbers combined speak a very different language. ;-)
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