China rejects world's number one energy user title

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BEIJING (AFP) – China on Tuesday rejected an assessment from the International Energy Agency that it had surpassed the United States to become the world's top energy consumer, calling the data 'unreliable'.

The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal cited a top IEA official as saying the Asian giant had taken over the top spot in 2009, earlier than expected.

According to the IEA, China consumed 2.252 billion tons of oil equivalent of energy in 2009, from sources that included coal, nuclear power, natural gas and hydroelectric power -- about four percent more than the United States.

'The IEA's data on China's energy use is unreliable,' the official, Zhou Xian, was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying.

The Financial Times quoted IEA chief economist Fatih Birol as saying: 'In the year 2000, the US consumed twice as much energy as China; now, China consumes more than the US.'

The United States still uses far more energy than China on a per capita basis, but China is less energy-efficient, the report said.

The IEA, the energy strategy branch of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, said the data was still preliminary but that the trend was clear, the newspaper reported.

The IEA's Birol told the Financial Times that while the United States had improved its energy efficiency by 2.5 percent annually over the past decade, China had only notched up a 1.7 percent annual improvement.

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1 Wed Jul 21, 2010 01:27 am PDT Report Abuse For al those that love over weight America, You consume 20% of the worlds resources and only have 4% of the worlds population. No wonder you lot are over weight.

アメリカ人 Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:45 pm PDT Report Abuse we really should do something about their population.

Yuki Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:20 pm PDT Report Abuse I still wondered why the US goverment have to be like this ,forget about bashing China and move in peace in a general trend .

Donnie Tue Jul 20, 2010 09:18 pm PDT Report Abuse ok for all you US haters out there... if you would just do a little research before you start developing diarrhia of the mouth you would know that the IEA is not an american institution. It is a worldwide organization. So before you start throwing out random thoughts, try actually thinking on your own.

Amer Tue Jul 20, 2010 09:16 pm PDT Report Abuse Why care They have more people and there are more bigger things to worry about.

cb Tue Jul 20, 2010 09:09 pm PDT Report Abuse US is becoming a professional permenant loser and whiner for the next god knows how long. let the loser cry. let it out. let it out.

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