Global Energy Consumption to Grow 53 Percent by 2035

Wondering why China is so hot for alternative energy? Why they wish to completely dominate the manufacture of solar panels? Why China cares more about climate issues that the US does? Here's the answer:

A new report by the U.S. Energy Information Agency predicts that worldwide energy consumption will surge 53 percent in the next 25 years, with China and India accounting for about half of the growth.

As their economies continue to expand, China and India are expected to double their energy demand by 2035, and combined they will consume about 31 percent of the world’s energy, according to the report, International Energy Outlook 2011.

There just isn't enough oil, coal, natural gas or even uranium to meet that demand for long. And with the air quality problems that these nations already have, something had to give!

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