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US Energy Use per Capita vs US Internet Usage
US Energy Use per Capita and US Internet Usage correlate at r = -0.70 over 35 years (1990–2024), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = +0.75. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.70, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.75. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.70
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 35 (1990–2024)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.84 to -0.48
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.75
Sources
- US Energy Use per Capita (kWh): Our World in Data. US Energy Use per Capita (Our World in Data: Total energy supply).
- US Internet Usage (% of population): Our World in Data. US Internet Usage (Our World in Data: Share of the population using the Internet).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.