US Coal

Production & Consumption

Supply & Demand

Notice in the Supply & Demand Chart 1, left,
that production can be said to reflect
consumption, i.e. that production is related
to consumption. It may be said further that if
demand is decreased, there will be
decreased supply. In fact, the demand may
be said to cause supply if one is looking at
1973-2015.

Supply & Demand Chart 1 More Recent Trend - 2016 to 2020

Supply & Demand Chart 2

The new data (above) shows that there is a

decline in consumption (demand) from 2016
to 2020. This would confirm our theory that
production (supply) is a result of
consumption (demand).