1 United States 20,800,000
2 China 6,930,000
3 Japan 5,353,000
4 Russia 2,916,000
5 Germany 2,618,000
6 India 2,438,000
7 Canada 2,290,000
8 Korea, South 2,130,000
9 Brazil 2,100,000
10 Mexico 2,078,000
11 Saudi Arabia 2,000,000
12 France 1,999,000
13 United Kingdom 1,820,000
Rank Country Oil - imports (bbl/day)
1 United States 13,150,000
2 Japan 5,425,000
3 China 3,190,000
4 Germany 2,953,000
5 Netherlands 2,465,000
6 Korea, South 2,410,000
7 Italy 2,182,000
8 India 2,098,000
9 France 1,890,000
10 Singapore 1,830,000
wisconsin_cur wrote:And yet that still will not save them. They remain the #12 user of oil in the world:
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?t=20&v=91&l=en1 United States 20,800,000
2 China 6,930,000
3 Japan 5,353,000
4 Russia 2,916,000
5 Germany 2,618,000
6 India 2,438,000
7 Canada 2,290,000
8 Korea, South 2,130,000
9 Brazil 2,100,000
10 Mexico 2,078,000
11 Saudi Arabia 2,000,000
12 France 1,999,000
13 United Kingdom 1,820,000
and move up the ranks to #9 as far as how much oil they import.
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=fr&v=93Rank Country Oil - imports (bbl/day)
1 United States 13,150,000
2 Japan 5,425,000
3 China 3,190,000
4 Germany 2,953,000
5 Netherlands 2,465,000
6 Korea, South 2,410,000
7 Italy 2,182,000
8 India 2,098,000
9 France 1,890,000
10 Singapore 1,830,000
If we were being graded on a curve, they would, no doubt, receive a better mark than the United States but I am afraid that we have all enrolled on a pass/fail basis.
wisconsin_cur wrote:If we were being graded on a curve, they [France] would, no doubt, receive a better mark than the United States but I am afraid that we have all enrolled on a pass/fail basis.
eastbay wrote:When China oil consumption reaches 15 mb/d in just a few short years they'll be pulling that additional 6 mb/d from somewhere. So what countries will have their consumption reduced to accommodate this jump?
And when China consumption doubles near the end of this decade and reaches current US oil consumption of about 19 mb/d, where will their additional 11 mb/d come from? The pie isn't growing so they'll have to 'take it' from other nations. It's interesting to speculate which group of nations will surrender their current share to accommodate China's continuing spectacular growth.
Plantagenet wrote:wisconsin_cur wrote:If we were being graded on a curve, they [France] would, no doubt, receive a better mark than the United States but I am afraid that we have all enrolled on a pass/fail basis.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
France is clearly much farther along then US is in setting a pretty darn good power system and an excellent transportation network that aren't dependent on oil and that is carbon neutral.
Just last week France announced that they are replacing the last of their coal-fired power plants with more nukes. Good for them.
wisconsin_cur wrote:It is like the spread of the bomb; it makes the world an intrinsically more unstable place. We do not have to like it but we do need to learn how to live in it.
RigzoneChesapeake, one of the pioneers in opening up vast new reserves of natural gas in the U.S., has been talking to some Chinese oil firms about buying as much as 20% of its Eagle Ford field in Texas, Rowland told reporters in Beijing. He estimated the total cost of that project could be $4 billion. Chesapeake also is talking to Asian investors about buying as much as a 10% stake in the Marcellus shale gas field in the eastern U.S.
eastbay wrote:When China oil consumption reaches 15 mb/d in just a few short years they'll be pulling that additional 6 mb/d from somewhere. So what countries will have their consumption reduced to accommodate this jump?
And when China consumption doubles near the end of this decade and reaches current US oil consumption of about 19 mb/d, where will their additional 11 mb/d come from? The pie isn't growing so they'll have to 'take it' from other nations. It's interesting to speculate which group of nations will surrender their current share to accommodate China's continuing spectacular growth.
Leutnant wrote:
But how can China maintain its growth if there's a severe energy crisis?
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