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China Overtakes US as Top Energy Consumer
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LONDON (AP) — A new report says that China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest consumer of energy.
Oil company BP said Wednesday that China moved to the top in 2010 with 20.3 percent of global demand, ahead of the United States at 19 percent.
The report says China’s consumption rose by 11.2 percent last year compared with 3.7 percent in the United States. China’s surge led a 5.6 percent increase in global energy demand, the biggest one-year jump since 1973.
China was by far the world’s largest consumer of coal, taking 48 percent. The United States remained the largest consumer of oil with 21 percent of global demand, double China’s consumption.
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miles from nowhere
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 6:40pmGood! Now we can send the liberal progressives to China and they can horify them.
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:24pmWith everyone in disarray on energy prices, you only know another world war is around the corner… The kings of the earth are busy planning and plotting our demise.
Let’s see, China (too many people, not enough resources).
USA (too many out of work and in debt)
Europe (no more hand-outs with severe debts)
Africa (over-thrown governments and a near caliphate)
Let’s now read our history from the last time this happened:
Economy Problems (the house of cards fall) will hit America and Europe very hard.
The dust bowl (lack of crops = lack of food) could hit China and India very hard.
War and if not World Wars (with unrest brings new governments and take overs) Middle East, Eastern Europe and South-East Asia
I‘m sure someone know’s what they are doing… and I’m sure they are a very spooky dude…
Report Post »Bernard
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 5:07pmof course China is the right choice. Those energy companies do not have to face the environmentalists, the human rights for the displaced villagers who have no voice for redress, and are thereby have received huge foreign investments
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:52pmOnly the beginning of what they will overtake……
Report Post »4blackhorses
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:22pmThe EPA isn’t going anywhere. They’ll stay here taxing us on every breath we exhale on a barren waistland incapable of industry or raising crops until what was once our great nation America will be sold for seven cents an acre.
Report Post »tea1776
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 2:08pmWay to go Obama. things are working out good for you now we’re headed for 5 $ per gallon.
Report Post »colo43
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 2:07pmWe are at the point of no industry, obummer is sending it to other places with his actions.
Report Post »we need to be rid of him and bring the businesses back to the states where they belong.
islandlady
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 1:58pmThey consume more yet Our President continues to talk-down the U.S. while letting everyone else
Report Post »drill in the Gulf. He’s giving away our resources, making only their garbage available for purchase.
That is why I buy used 98 percent of the time. Im tired of financing their agenda!
gingervitis
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 1:58pmPlease send Obam to be the supreme ruler of China. Energy consumption will quickly decrease as he restricts their energy production and usage and destroys their economy.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 1:21pmIf you want to really get heated up, take time to read this, not very long article but can cause a long discussion I am sure. It, btw is at the new Huffpost Green website along with many other ridiculous articles(lies).
Report Post »http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/07/un-climate-conference-palestine-global-warming_n_872582.html
RightPolitically
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:48pmAnother great accomplishment for Team Obama to be proud of. The only “good” I see in this is that the USA will no longer be accused of being the world’s oil consuming nation. Small consolation!
Report Post »Liberalismsamentaldisorder
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:13pmOh No! What are the libs going to do? No more lamenting how we use more energy than everybody else and how bad we are for it.
Report Post »MikeinIdaho
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:11pmFunny, I don’t hear the environmental morons screaming like little girls over this piece of news.
Report Post »I wonder why! (heh heh)
moreteaplease
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:27amYou just know Barry is loving this. He would like to see us driving wind up cars. Every 20 miles, get out, take that big key out of the trunk, stick it in the hole were the gas tank inlet use to be and start cranking.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:32amI’d like one of these too, pedal power!
http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Fred-Flintstone-Barney-Rubble-Car.jpg
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 6:43pmFunny, the Blaze removed my post about losing flab on the butt by cranking that car.
Report Post »Exercise is good for you.
NOBALONEY
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:08am48% of the worlds coal production. While President Obama refuses to use our coal reserves, because of his failed green agenda.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:29amThe electricty you used to run your computer to make that post was probably – on the odds – generated by a coal-burning power plant.
Any more theories?
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:26pmWrong. It’s the oyster creek reactor.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:58pmI lost on the odds.
But Obama has not as you claim “refused to release our coal reserves”. That complaint is related to the coal industry’s demand that alternative energy sources be de-emphasized and the use of coal expanded.
President Obama, in a major energy speech today, made a brief reference to coal:
“And just like the fuels we use, we also have to find cleaner, renewable sources of electricity. Today, about two-fifths of our electricity comes from clean energy sources. But I know that we can do better than that. In fact, I think that with the right incentives in place, we can double it. That’s why, in my State of the Union Address, I called for a new Clean Energy Standard for America: by 2035, 80 percent of our electricity will come from an array of clean energy sources, from renewables like wind and solar to efficient natural gas to clean coal and nuclear power.”
Georgetown University, Washington, Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 2:51pmYeah, but between now and 2035 we‘re going to get the shaft with a green agenda that isn’t working here or in Spain.
Report Post »SON OF JEFFERSON
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:52amWhen I was young , We were the #1 producers of oil,steel,cars,planes,food products,and so on. Now we our only #1 at debt and decandance
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:44amwho would have seen this coming???? we have sold our souls to the communist party,for cheap goods and labor, thanks to the government and the unions,we have nothing to offer,we build nothing,we only consume, i just hope we can turn this sinking ship around,and get her back to port before she starts to list even harder to the left, we need to get her repaired quickly,before we all go down with her,in the communist ocean.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:54am“we have sold our souls to the communist party,for cheap goods and labor, thanks to the government and the unions”
Walmart et al – the US corporations who have betrayed America – are not the US government – they’re just now the majority stock owners [ the "stock" being the Republican majority in the House.]
And I WISH unions had the kind of power you imagine they have.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:09amKook, it’s not just Wally-World’s fault. You can buy the same cheap crap Walmart sells at most other retailers, just at higher prices. We’ve lost our manufacturing to China because of too much taxation, regulation and litigation thanks to our Democratic politicians, unions and greedy lawyers always looking to make a quick buck with ridiculous lawsuits.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:19amSo, Texascommonsense thinks we should eliminate the regulations that keep our citizens safe just to appease multi-national “US” corporations who don’t want to be bothered with stuff like not polluting at will and not mistreating their workers like they do in China.
WAIT for the Chinese labor movement to pick up steam – we‘ll see US capitalists begging the Chinese Communists to crush their workers’ rights like they want to do here in America.
BOYCOTT Chinese-manufactured goods.
Help save America from “American” corporate greed.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:36amKook, don’t be a kook. I said too much regulation was the problem, not all regulation. Read and understand more carefully.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:52am“I said too much regulation was the problem”
And I say that that is corporate-funded right-wing propaganda that has stuck in your head.
US business was in the past generally left free to do what it pleased until the body-count became unnacceptable.
Example: it took the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City in 1911 that killed over 140 people to get a law passed requiring simple changes like mandating working fire escapes in factories.
That’s the real reason we have such regulations as we do have – corporate opposition to ANY regulation [a la Ayn Rand's "all government regulation is pure evil" insanity] is the reason we have so LITTLE regulation in reality.
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TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:04pmKook, yes, I’m familiar with that event. Fire regulation is sensible regulation. If you say there isn’t unreasonable regulation in this country, you’re not be intellectually honest. Business leave places like California because of too much regulation, and come to places like Texas. Don’t you think being forced to pay union dues, even if you don’t agree with or need their assistance, is too much regulation. I was forced into a union once; I‘m thankful I live in a right to work state and wasn’t forced to pay dues. I got out of that job as quickly as I could anyway.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 1:06pmBusiness leave places like California because of too much regulation, and come to places like Texas.
Right – places like Texas with lax environmental regulations written by industry lobbyists:
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/lawyer-for-industry-played-key-role-establishing-texas-1029143.html?printArticle=y.
Of COURSE corporations behave that way.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:53pmKook, when you grow up, and one day may want to start a business and risk your capital. Where would you rather start it, a place where government tells you want to do, or a place where you’re free to make the decisions necessary for your business to grow and hire more people? It’s easy for politicians to make do-gooder laws, with unintended consequences, to get themselves re-elected. That‘s especially true when it’s not their capital they’re putting at risk.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 6:41pmTexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:53pm
Kook, when you grow up, and one day may want to start a business and risk your capital. Where would you rather start it, a place where government tells you want to do, or a place where you’re free to make the decisions necessary for your business to grow and hire more people?
If I did start a business where I was allowed to do anything I want with it as you think it should be would you want to live next door?
My business would involve digging a hole 100 feet deep right along the property line and letting it fill with water. What I do with it would be MY business, not yours.
That’s just for starters.
I might just use that hole to dump fish waste into it and let it ferment.
Ew….the smell…..but that‘s MY business and that’s what I wanna do with it.
Silly ain’t it?
So instead, I’ll start a chemical storage business right next door – don’t ask what those chemicals are – that’s MY business.
Unfettered capitalism is just the best.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 8:03pmKook, allow me to repeat myself. I said too much regulation was the problem, not all regulation. Read and understand more carefully.
Report Post »CaptainKook
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 12:54amThe problem I have with the deregulation craze is that little attention is being paid to the good reasons we have most of those regulations – but we have a lot of hysteria driven by talk radio and the GOP aimed at deregulating everything that big business finds inconvenient.
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Report Post »oceandove
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:26amI really dislike this new format to The Blaze. It looks amateurish.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:35amI’m starting to think Its a dept. of the NSA They just want
Report Post »to track us so we can go first
TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:44amUSAMEDIC3008, I already assumed I would be one of the first to go. I have registered firearms, a concealed-carry license, and I post my extreme dislike for big government here.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:08amTEXAS
Report Post »I’m guessing your in TX ,Well I’m in WV They will pick me up on the
way to get you. WE have much incommon I hope they put us in the
same cell.That is if they take us alive…..
I Was at Ft. Sam just down the road from the Alamo
back in 1977 should have stayed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:37amUSAMEDIC3008, we’ll plan our escape together.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:47amI hope there is room to take some with us.
Report Post »I like a big party.
Do you still have Lone Star on tap?
TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:57amYou’re right, there’s safety in numbers. No sir; I buy bottles. I’m a tight-wad and can buy a case at Sam’s for a reasonable price. Being a tight-wad isn’t a bad thing; no one will be taking my house from me anytime soon, even if my wife or I lost our job.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:22pmTX
Report Post »I had One more ? was going to see if you would trade Jay Rockefeller
for a box of sand ,But then I remembered You had Standard Oil And thats
more rocky than anybody should have to put up with
I feel like I may have found a long lost brother today.
The best to you and yours
Keep your powder dry.
TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:56pmUSAMEDIC3008, best to you and yours, too, sir.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:23amObama: ” I love it when a plan comes together! “
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:19amDoes that mean they are going to have to start driving the volt and that the U.N. is going to hit them up for paying the highest carbon taxes? No way, when it comes to paying out the most the U.N. will always look to the U.S. first as long as we have any money left.
Report Post »Red1492
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:17amGood. Maybe the greenie weenies will jump on the oriental express now.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:12amAnd this is why, one day, they will march to Israel with a 200 million man army,fulfilling the book of Revelation.The valley of megiddo (Armageddon) has lots of oil.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:11amThat’s because the NWO gave them all the manufacturing work.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:10amProblem is that they have the money to pay for it, and we don’t without printing/borrowing more money.
They want the same oil we want…so the price goes up along with the demand.
Obama: Hey China, your causing our oil prices to sky rocket.
China: So?
Obama: Sooo…can we borrow some more money so we can outbid you?
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:09amLooks like the environmentalists have a new target. Try not to get dead or jailed protesting China.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:14amLet’s send all of our enviromental wacko mental midgets over ther to protest. Free one way tickets! Dont think they will need a round trip ticket because they will like protesting in China so much!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:22amThanks Wally-World! America loves your cheap cr*p
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:22amThe next HUGE bubble to pop…
Report Post »China.
http://www.ISeeDanger.com
CaptainKook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:23amQuick, Patriots! Run your heat and AC and all of your lights 24/7 – leave your car idling in the driveway – CONSUME! CONSUME ! CONSUME!
WE MUST WIN THIS COMPETITION!!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:24amThey may have a new target, yet those eco extremists along with the administration will continue to extoll the need to shut down the country of ours and seek the path of returning us to a land where all is controlled by the fed’s and nothing gets done without the approval and bribery for them in the first place as in all other failed socialist and communist states.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:27amI recently watched a movie based on a true story about Communist China. It’s call “Mao’s Last Dancer”. It was a pretty good movie. The dancing was OK, I suppose. What I liked best was how ridiculous the Communist Chinese government was. Everyone who voted for Obama needs to watch this and learn what big government is capable of doing if left unchecked. Keep a box of tissue handy for the ending.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:31amRepubliCorp, it’s not just Wally-World’s fault. You can buy the same cheap crap Walmart sells at most other retailers, just at higher prices. We’ve lost our manufacturing to China because of too much taxation, regulation and litigation thanks to our politicians, unions and greedy lawyers always looking to make a quick buck with ridiculous lawsuits.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:33amThe left doesn’t give a damn about their own kids, it’s insane to think they care about the environment, they could careless how much energy is wasted in China, just so the US’s influence in the world goes down. The whole green movement is nothing but a ploy to take money from the poor and middle class in America and give it to the rich and powerful around the world.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:43amWell let’s cheer for the titans of capitalism, who shift jobs to China in order to exploit labor and side step reasonable environmental regulations. At the end of the day the demise of the US is directly tied to the demise of citizenship. The wealthy, the large corporations who used to participate as citizens of the US and work for its best interest now hide behind globalization. Their actions of course have had the expected result of weakening the sense of citizenship across the wider audience, as everyone works to “get their’s” and worry about their own. Someday people will remember that part of citizenship was understanding that the country can be no stronger than is weakest group. Of course the wealthy understand that as represented by their investments in China and other developing markets. Wealth in US has been concentrated to the point where it is choking off economic development and opportunity and will the majority of Americans unable to maintain the spending which feeds that concentration, they look abroad.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:46amWhen I saw the headline, I immediately thought “They are also the worlds largest polluter, too.”
Report Post »Looks like everyone had similar thoughts.
riseandshine
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:51amTexas Common…..Don‘t forget about the free trade treaties of the 90’s….Tariffs served us well for over 200 years.
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:54amAl Gore, meet China.
China, meet Al Gore. He needs to have a word with you on how much you will deposit in his personal CCX account to purchase carbon credits.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 10:57amNot a shock to me. They have all the industry now. Time for us to copy their MONETARY POLICY, and cut taxes across the board!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 11:53amYea keep worrying about the eco extremists and continue the parlor game the wealthy want you to play. As they invest abroad, exploit workers and move on from the economic mess they have left the country. Seriously, who do you think benefited from the excessive Federal spending, look at the budget and consider how much goes to big defense contractors, big pharma, energy, banking, etc. The rhetoric of late is in response to a government which seeks to balance the interests of the people with corporate interests and the wealthy. If they got rich off the deficit and now the bill has come due, seems to me they should pay most of it. Not our kids and grand kids through cuts to education, healthcare and social security.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 2:18pmWhy don’t they turn off all of the utilities in some of those malls and apartment high rises no one is shopping of living in? And stop building them.
Report Post »Bermuda Onion
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 4:41pmCan’t wait till the first reports of the executed environmentalists that set some place on fire because of cutting down trees or try to influence(lobby) the government to get away from the fossil fuels. I wonder if Obammy will go there and pitch the wonders of GREEN energy.
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