Before I call Obama a “F”...ing idiot, I would like for him to know and understand that CHINA uses almost 300% more energy per unit of GDP than the US.
The US is ranked 12th (not that great but CHINA is ranked 81st!)
2007/2008 Human Development Report
22Energy and the environment
GDP per unit of energy use (2000 PPP US$ per kg of oil equivalent) Export results to Excel
http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/212.html
HDI Rank Country 2004
1 Iceland 2.5
2 Norway 5.9
3 Australia 4.8
4 Canada 3.4
5 Ireland 9.5
6 Sweden 4.5
7 Switzerland 8.3
8 Japan 6.4
9 Netherlands 5.8
10 France 5.9
11 Finland 3.8
12 United States 4.6
13 Spain 6.9
14 Denmark 7.9
15 Austria 7.3
16 United Kingdom 7.3
17 Belgium 5.2
18 Luxembourg 6.1
19 New Zealand 5.1
20 Italy 8.2
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 11.5
22 Germany 6.2
23 Israel 7.3
24 Greece 7.4
25 Singapore 4.4
26 Korea (Republic of) 4.2
27 Slovenia 5.4
28 Cyprus 5.9
29 Portugal 7.1
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic 4.0
33 Kuwait 1.9
34 Malta 7.5
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary 5.9
37 Poland 5.1
38 Argentina 7.4
39 United Arab Emirates 2.2
40 Chile 6.1
41 Bahrain 1.8
42 Slovakia 3.9
43 Lithuania 4.5
44 Estonia 3.5
45 Latvia 5.6
46 Uruguay 10.4
47 Croatia 5.6
48 Costa Rica 10.0
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico 5.5
53 Bulgaria 3.0
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman 3.0
59 Trinidad and Tobago 1.3
60 Romania 4.5
61 Saudi Arabia 2.0
62 Panama 8.4
63 Malaysia 4.1
64 Belarus 2.4
65 Mauritius ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.3
67 Russian Federation 2.0
68 Albania 5.9
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 4.6
70 Brazil 6.8
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 1.9
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.6
75 Colombia 10.9
76 Ukraine 2.0
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 4.9
79 Dominican Republic 7.6
80 Belize ..
81 China 4.4
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 5.6
84 Turkey 6.2
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan 3.6
87 Peru 10.9
88 Lebanon 3.5
89 Ecuador 4.8
90 Philippines 7.9
91 Tunisia 8.2
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.1
95 Paraguay 6.4
96 Georgia 4.1
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan 2.5
99 Sri Lanka 8.3
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica 2.5
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 7.0
104 Algeria 6.0
105 Viet Nam 4.2
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 4.1
108 Syrian Arab Republic 3.4
109 Turkmenistan 1.3 1
110 Nicaragua 5.2
111 Moldova 2.0
112 Egypt 4.9
113 Uzbekistan 0.8
114 Mongolia ..
115 Honduras 4.8
116 Kyrgyzstan 3.3
117 Bolivia 4.5
118 Guatemala 6.4
119 Gabon 4.9
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 3.7
122 Tajikistan 2.1
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 8.6
125 Namibia 10.2
126 Morocco 10.3
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 5.5
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People’s Democratic Republic ..
131 Cambodia ..
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 5.4
136 Pakistan 4.2
137 Mauritania ..
138 Lesotho ..
139 Congo 3.3
140 Bangladesh 10.5
141 Swaziland ..
142 Nepal 4.0
143 Madagascar ..
144 Cameroon 4.5
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti 6.2
147 Sudan 3.7
148 Kenya 2.1
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 2.6
152 Togo 3.1
153 Yemen 2.8
154 Uganda ..
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal 6.5
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria 1.4
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 1.3
160 Guinea ..
161 Rwanda ..
162 Angola 3.3
163 Benin 3.3
164 Malawi ..
165 Zambia 1.5
166 Côte d’Ivoire 3.7
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2.2
169 Ethiopia 2.8
170 Chad ..
171 Central African Republic ..
172 Mozambique 2.6
173 Mali ..
174 Niger ..
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso ..
177 Sierra Leone ..
China has a HUGE problem with out-of-control coal mine fires due to their poor safety standards. The amount of CO2 from these accidental coal-mine fires is more than the CO2 put out by all of the autos and trucks combined in the U.S.! (And they are almost impossible to put out.)