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Total energy consumption (all sectors) · Hindsight | Envisioning

Hindsight · review build · data not yet validated

Total energy consumption (all sectors)

US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook, 2008, published 2008

Publishers Envisioning Hype Cycle explorer Forecast vs actual

total_energy_consumption in 2028: 116.786 quadrillion Btu

Source

Verdict

Not graded yet.

The same forecast in other editions

2006131.257 quadrillion Btu
2007128.59 quadrillion Btu
2008116.786 quadrillion Btu
2009111.641 quadrillion Btu
2010110.126 quadrillion Btu
2011109.708 quadrillion Btu
2012103.455 quadrillion Btu
2013102.513 quadrillion Btu
2014103.047 quadrillion Btu
2015102.476 quadrillion Btu
2016101.4 quadrillion Btu
201799.04 quadrillion Btu
2018100.43 quadrillion Btu
201999.1891 quadrillion Btu
202099.2083 quadrillion Btu
202198.1817 quadrillion Btu
202299.8412 quadrillion Btu
202398.134 quadrillion Btu
202593.1923 quadrillion Btu

All captured fields

series: total_energy_consumption
target year: 2028
value: 116.786
unit: quadrillion Btu
case: Reference
retrospective: AEO Retrospective 2025 (data file, pulled August 2025)
column: CNSM_ENU_TEN_NA_TOT_NA_NA_QBTU
confidence: high

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https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2008-217

Cite

Hindsight, claim eia-aeo-2008-217. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2008-217

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