That's a problem because it means construction of new fossil fuel-burning power plants is outdistancing the rate at which old ones are being taken offline.
It would require only a few years for the federal income tax to become the chief source of income for the government, far outdistancing tariff revenues.
Before the 1980s, however, production gains were largely matched by population growth, so that productive capacity was unable to outdistance essential consumption needs significantly, particularly in agriculture.