First world may have reached Peak energy for NOW .<p>I predict after 2025, once Self driving ELECTRIC Cars&#x2F;trucks are Norm and  Industrial Robots make great strides with the New deep learning AI, resulting in general purpose Industrial Robots to do jobs in Construction &amp; Agriculture etc.. Energy consumption going to increase at a RAPID rate.<p>On Kardashev Scale of Type I,II,III Civilizations, It is estimated &quot;we Planet Earth&quot; will reach Type I status in 100–200 years.<p>The GOOD News is from NOW On, all the New Energy production is from Renewables (mostly Solar )<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Kardashev_scale" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Kardashev_scale</a><p>The Kardashev scale is a method of measuring a civilization&#x27;s level of technological advancement, based on the amount of energy a civilization is able to utilize.