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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, 2020, published 2020

Publishers Envisioning Hype Cycle explorer Forecast vs actual

total_energy_consumption in 2050: 109.925 quadrillion Btu

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Verdict

Not graded yet.

The same forecast in other editions

2017106.698 quadrillion Btu
2018109.027 quadrillion Btu
2019106.552 quadrillion Btu
2020109.925 quadrillion Btu
2021108.664 quadrillion Btu
2022108.68 quadrillion Btu
2023105.939 quadrillion Btu
202588.1863 quadrillion Btu

All captured fields

series: total_energy_consumption
target year: 2050
value: 109.925
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-2020-288

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Hindsight, claim eia-aeo-2020-288. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2020-288

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