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- The per capita use of energy has declined 0.8 percent over the last 25 years.
- The per capita use of energy decreased for 2 years immediately following the OPEC embargo.
- In 1978, the per capita use of energy peaked at 365 million Btu-a level not since repeated.
- Although the population rose 5.5 percent from 1978 to 1983, the energy use per person dropped 14 percent.
- The start of the decline in consumption of energy coincided with the onset and aftereffects of a second oil price increase.
- From 1983 to present, the energy use per person increased at a steady low rate of 0.8 percent per year.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1997, DOE/EIA-0384(97). (Washington, DC, July 1998), Tables 1.3 and 1.5.
Note: The total energy consumed shown in table 1.3 was increased by 3 quadrillion Btu for renewable energy not previously included for the years 1972 - 1989.
