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Richard on October 29, 2005 - 7:00am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
China is also eight times less efficient in producing a dollar of GDP than Japan, in terms of oil. And the fact that the Chinese use a lot of coal explains why 60% of the air pollution in Japan is of Chinese origen.

I always get a bit tired when people try to point the finger at somebody else. Let's fix your own problems first.

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Magnus Redin on October 29, 2005 - 2:23pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
It takes more oil to build basic infrastructure then to make services and electronic toys that people pay a lot for.

Som of the difference is due to the need to build things the Japanese have already built. Not all of it is for running inefficient industrial processes or for producing things to exchange for papers with dollar signs.

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sekiyu on October 29, 2005 - 3:17pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I think the Chinese have reason to be annoyed at being scapegoated for energy supply pinches. They are using data and citing sources to make their arguments. They are also introducing taxes and other measures to control waste of oil products. I don't see the Bush regime increases gas taxes in the US to control waste and reduce pollution.
And by the way, someone wrote that the Chinese create 60% of Japan's air pollution. I wonder if there is any credible proof of that.
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