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19 Jul 10 - 03:27 PM (#2947813) Subject: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: beardedbruce BUSINESS JULY 19, 2010, 3:20 P.M. ET China Passes U.S. as World's Biggest Energy Consumer By SPENCER SWARTZ China is now the world's biggest energy consumer, knocking the U.S. off a perch it held for more than a century, according to new data from the International Energy Agency. The Paris-based agency, whose forecasts are generally regarded as bellwether indicators for the energy industry, said China devoured 2,252 million tons of oil equivalent last year, or about 4% more than the U.S., which burned through 2,170 million tons of oil equivalent. The oil-equivalent metric represents all forms of energy consumed, including crude oil, nuclear, coal, natural gas and renewable sources such as hydropower. The figures reflect, in part, how the global recession hit the U.S. more severely than China and hurt American industrial activity and energy use. Still, China's total energy consumption has clocked annual double-digit growth rates for many years, driven by the country's big industrial base. Highlighting how quickly its energy demand has increased, China's total energy consumption was just half the size of the U.S. 10 years ago. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703720504575376712353150310.html |
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19 Jul 10 - 03:42 PM (#2947825) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Paul Burke US population: 300 million. Chinese population: 1300 million. US guzzling per capita: 4 times Chinese. |
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19 Jul 10 - 03:46 PM (#2947827) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: SINSULL See what Obama has done now! |
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19 Jul 10 - 03:47 PM (#2947830) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Wesley S For some reason I'm reminded of a song from "Dora the Explorer" "I'm the grumpy old troll that lives under the bridge, I'm the grumpy old troll that lives under the bridge, If you want to cross over - All you have to do is this, All you have to do is this- Solve my riddle" |
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19 Jul 10 - 04:40 PM (#2947853) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Richard Bridge Hmm - who sabotaged Kyoto? |
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19 Jul 10 - 05:13 PM (#2947876) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: McGrath of Harlow Is the suggestion that losing the title of "the biggest polluter on the planet" is be something to be ashamed of? Unfortunately this isn't because the USA is polluting less than it used to, but because China is polluting more than it used to. |
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19 Jul 10 - 05:38 PM (#2947887) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Riginslinger It's just the triumph of Marxism. |
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19 Jul 10 - 11:57 PM (#2948057) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Rapparee Groucho or Harpo Marxism? |
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19 Jul 10 - 11:59 PM (#2948059) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: mousethief How much Marxism is there in China in 2010? |
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20 Jul 10 - 10:29 AM (#2948292) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Amos Outside of China, the US is the best country in the world. Inside of China, it's too dark to tell the difference. A |
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21 Jul 10 - 09:29 AM (#2948988) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Don(Wyziwyg)T ""US population: 300 million. Chinese population: 1300 million. US guzzling per capita: 4 times Chinese."" And that puts paid to the smug self satisfaction. USA, still the worst. Don T. |
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21 Jul 10 - 09:32 AM (#2948991) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Greg F. Zeppo, for sure. Guaranteed. |
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21 Jul 10 - 09:37 AM (#2948995) Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US) From: Bobert We still out consume China when it comes to strictly oil... |