BS: We're Number 2! (US)

Subject: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: beardedbruce
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 03:27 PM

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

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Paul Burke
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 03:42 PM

US population: 300 million.
Chinese population: 1300 million.

US guzzling per capita: 4 times Chinese.

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 03:46 PM

See what Obama has done now!

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Wesley S
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 03:47 PM

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"

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 04:40 PM

Hmm - who sabotaged Kyoto?

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 05:13 PM

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.

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Riginslinger
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 05:38 PM

It's just the triumph of Marxism.

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 11:57 PM

Groucho or Harpo Marxism?

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: mousethief
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 11:59 PM

How much Marxism is there in China in 2010?

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Amos
Date: 20 Jul 10 - 10:29 AM

Outside of China, the US is the best country in the world. Inside of China, it's too dark to tell the difference.



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Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 21 Jul 10 - 09:29 AM

""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.

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Greg F.
Date: 21 Jul 10 - 09:32 AM

Zeppo, for sure. Guaranteed.

Subject: RE: BS: We're Number 2! (US)
From: Bobert
Date: 21 Jul 10 - 09:37 AM

We still out consume China when it comes to strictly oil...