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9. Americans Will Burn Less Oil 25 Years From Now

The most lasting change in the U.S. energy landscape may not be that we’re producing more oil — but that we’re using less.

Demand for oil has fallen in recent years, as Americans drive less and buy more fuel-efficient cars. Daily consumption is down nearly 2 million barrels since 2005, a 9 percent decline. The drop is small in percentage terms, but it represents a remarkable shift, one that few people saw coming.

For most of the post-World War II era, Americans burned more oil each year, a trend broken only briefly by the price shocks of the late 1970s. This time, the shift appears to be more lasting: In a new report released this week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said the U.S. will burn slightly less oil in 2040 than it did in 2010. Overall energy consumption per person is set to fall even more steeply, to the lowest level since 1965.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-will-burn-less-oil-25-years-from-now/

The era of cheaply available fossil fuel is over. Production will fall as it becomes unaffordable. Economic activity will slow. Depressions and famine will ensue, followed by war. This will all happen in a time frame shorter than global warming.