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- From 1972 to 1997 energy consumption increased by 20 quadrillion Btu-to 94.2 quadrillion Btu-a compound growth rate of about 1.0 percent.
- The reductions in growth rate correspond to the 1974/75 and 1981/82 changes in economic growth.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1997, DOE/EIA-0384(97). (Washington, DC, July 1998), Table 1.3.
Note: Data include an estimate of 3 quadrillion Btu for nonutility renewables prior to 1990.
