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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, 2012, published 2012

Publishers Envisioning Hype Cycle explorer Forecast vs actual

total_energy_consumption in 2039: 109.964 quadrillion Btu

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Verdict

Not graded yet.

The same forecast in other editions

2012109.964 quadrillion Btu
2013106.851 quadrillion Btu
2014105.934 quadrillion Btu
2015105.423 quadrillion Btu
2016106.373 quadrillion Btu
2017100.889 quadrillion Btu
2018103.549 quadrillion Btu
2019100.759 quadrillion Btu
2020102.248 quadrillion Btu
2021101.589 quadrillion Btu
2022102.295 quadrillion Btu
202399.9566 quadrillion Btu
202586.0782 quadrillion Btu

All captured fields

series: total_energy_consumption
target year: 2039
value: 109.964
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

Permalink

https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2012-269

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Hindsight, claim eia-aeo-2012-269. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2012-269

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