The objective of this report is to analyze alternative projections of future American lifestyle, wealth, and associated energy consumption. Specific emphasis is placed on the potential role coal may play in these future projections, used both directly and as a raw material source for synthesizing clean solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Six scenarios are presented; fuel use by type and consuming sector is estimated for the years 1985, 2000 and 2025. Four of these are expanded to include, by Census Region, the expected amount of coal produced, the number of equivalent "standard" coal burning power plants and the number of coal-derived synthetic solids, liquids and high and low/intermediate BTU gas production plants. These scenarios are expected to bracket realistic national energy consumption expectations; between 94 and 122 quadrillion BTU by 1985 and between 174 and 340 quadrillion BTU by 2025.