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To: mel221 who wrote (122468)

10/4/2012 12:22:32 AM

From: Wharf Rat

Respond to of 149317

"The statistic you cited is meaningless when total CO2 production on behalf the US citizenry is accounted for."

That;'s because it wasn't meant to; it does, however, include the 500K new manufacturing jobs created here, or whatever the number is. Oil consumption didn't drop 2M BPD in '08-09 cuz we all of a sudden outsourced a lot of new products to China.

Oh, I almost forgot; the biggest reason for the glut of cheap gas last winter, and also a reason why CO2 fell, was global warming; it was a very warm winter, and gas consumption fell quite a bit.
enernoc.com

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As for China,

China registers sharp drop in carbon intensity Updated: 2011-11-10 07:52

BEIJING - China has become the top emitter of carbon in the world after its emissions of greenhouse gases increased by 33.6 percent from 2006 to 2010, according to a report released by Tsinghua University on Wednesday.

At the same time, China's carbon intensity - a measure of a country's emissions compared with each unit of its economic growth - dropped by 20.8 percent, partly because of the country's work to become more energy efficient and rely more on renewable sources of energy.

chinadaily.com.cn
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In 2011, China installed 2,500 MW and its cumulative capacity of photovoltaics reached 3,300 MW. [1] [3] According to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, the total installed capacity in 2016 could reach more than 35,000 MW. [4]

According to the plans unveiled by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2007, the country's installed solar capacity was to grow to 1,800 MW by 2020. [5] In 2009, Wang Zhongying, a Commission official, mentioned at a solar energy conference in Shanghai that, in his opinion, the plan might be exceeded several-fold, the installed capacity possibly reaching as much as 10 GW by 2020. [5] In May 2011, the National People's Congress (NPC) set 5 GW as an official minimum PV target for 2015, with a longer-term target of 20–30 GW by 2020. [6] China added 2.5 GW of panels in 2011, bringing installed capacity to 3,300 MW, [1] [7] and may add 4–5 GW in 2012. [8] Capacity is expected to grow to from 21 GW to 39 GW by 2016. [7]

In 2011, the at the time world's largest solar farm was completed, the 200 MW Golmud Solar Park. There are many other solar farms in Golmud, totaling 570 MW at the end of 2011, with another 500 MW expected in 2012. The Qinghai province, which contains Golmud, leads China in solar installations. [9]

en.wikipedia.org

China world's wind power leader: new figures

chinadaily.com.cn
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cleantechnica.com

Top countries using solar thermal power, worldwide: GWth[74][75][76][77][78]# Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1	People's Republic of China	55.5	67.9	84.0	105.0	101.5
–	EU	11.2	13.5	15.5	20.0	22.8
2	United States	1.6	1.8	1.7	2.0	14.4
3	Germany	–	–	–	7.8	8.9
4	Turkey	5.7	6.6	7.1	7.5	8.4
5	Australia	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3	5.
6	Japan	5.0	4.7	4.9	4.1	4.3
7	Brazil	1.6	2.2	2.5	2.4	3.7
8	Austria	–	–	–	2.5	3.0
9	Greece	–	–	–	2.7	2.9
10	Israel	3.3	3.8	3.5	2.6	2.8
	World (GWth)	88	105	126	149	172