Some industry analysts see e-vapor consumption outpacing that of traditional cigarettes, now an $85 billion industry, within a decade.
In seven of the last eight years, world wheat consumption has outpaced production.
In the last quarter-century, rice consumption has outpaced production, with global reserves plunging by half just since 2000.
The only and it is a significant only, as the next article will argue exception is that vehicle emissions of some pollutants have stayed high as petrol consumption has outpaced the effect of tighter controls.
Over the past five decades, production has increased fivefold as seafood consumption has outpaced global population growth.
More than 50% of ocean plastics are coming from rapidly developing geographies around the world, where population growth and increased plastics consumption is outpacing the capacity to manage waste.
The first chart in the report, which illustrates how energy consumption is outpacing production, uses a mix of government statistics to make the future shortfall in production seem more acute than it might turn out to be.
Growth in energy consumption far outpaces growth in GDP in all sectors, except perhaps for transport.
Fittingly on this Bastille Day, the US consumer has stormed back onto the scene to resume consumption that outpaces production.
But production outpaced consumption, making China a net exporter.
