The timeframe is too small for meaningful analysis, but it would reasonable to predict a reduction in the rate of increase of fossil fuel consumption due to reduced demand. (realclimate.org)
Coal received $ 2 billion in fossil fuel consumption subsidies, just 0.4 percent of the total. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
Since conservation and efficiency are well known to be the most cost effective means of reducing fossil fuel consumption, aren't these spending priorities completely reversed from what is intuitively obvious? (metaefficient.com)