Us Power Use to Reach Record Highs in 2025 and 2026, Eia Says
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The EIA predicts US power use will reach record highs in 2025 and 2026, sparking discussion on the relationship between energy consumption and economic progress.
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Edit: ya, look at this plot https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/5?geo=g... The yearly peak is not moronically increasing with time, but it’s pretty close. Every year is more or less a new “record”.
In recent years it is when you consider most of the crypto/AI use cases. If you meant monotonically then yes, but the degree is still affected by said use cases.