China and India Increasing Energy Consumption

China and India Increasing Energy Consumption

China and India are Asia's two largest emerging economies. Both have large populations, industrializing economies and rising living standards and energy consumption. This slide show compares energy production, consumption and efficiency of both countries head-to-head and the environmental issues both are confronting as a result of their growing energy use. The numbers are drawn form official statistics, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Energy Agency and are the latest available full-year estimates. The energy intensity comparison is based on purchasing power parity conversion rates.

Total Energy Consumption
China: 59.6 quadrillion Btus: Coal (69%), Oil (22%), Hydroelectricity (6%), Natural Gas (3%),

Nuclear (1%), Other Renewables (0%)
India: 14 quadrillion Btus: Coal (52%), Oil (34%), Natural Gas (7%), Hydroelectricity (5%), Nuclear (1%), Other Renewables (0%)

Per Capita Energy Consumption
China: 34.9 million Btus
India: 3.2 million Btus

Energy Intensity
China: 9,080.4 Btu per $2,000 GDP
India: 4,825 Btu per $2,000 GDP

Proven Oil Reserves
China: 18.3 billion barrels
India: 5.4 billion barrels

Oil Production
China: 3,806.2 thousand barrels per day, of which 96% was crude oil.
India: 838.9 thousand barrels per day, of which 76% was crude oiL.

Oil Consumption
China: 6,899.6 thousand barrels per day
India: 2,524.7 thousand barrels per day

Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
China: 6,246 thousand barrels per day
India: 2,254.6 thousand barrels per day

Proven Natural Gas Reserves
China: 53.3 trillion cubic feet
India: 30.1 trillion cubic feet

Natural Gas Production
China: 1.4 trillion cubic feet
India: 1 trillion cubic feet

Natural Gas Consumption
China: 1,350.5 billion cubic feet
India: 957 billion cubic feet

Recoverable Coal Reserves
China: 126,214.7 million short tons
India: 101,903.2 million short tons

Coal Production
China: 2,156.4 million short tons
India: 403.1 million short tons

Coal Consumption
China: 2,062.4 million short tons
India: 430.6 million short tons

Installed Electricity Capacity
China: 391.4 gigawatts
India: 126.3 gigawatts

Electricity Production
China: 2,079.7 billion kilowatt hours
India: 556.8 billion kilowatt hours

Electricity Consumption
China: 1,927 billion kilowatt hours
India: 519 billion kilowatt hours

Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions
China: 3,541 million metric tons: Coal (81%), Oil (17%), Natural Gas (2%)
India: 1,024.8 million metric tons: Coal (65%), Oil (30%), Natural Gas (5%)

Per-Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Energy-Related
China: 2.7 metric tons
India: 1 metric tons

Carbon Dioxide Intensity
China: 0.7 Metric tons per thousand $2,000-PPP**
India: 0.4 Metric tons per thousand $2,000-PPP**

Environmental Issues
China: air pollution (sulfur dioxide particulates) from reliance on coal produces acid rain; water shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution from untreated wastes; deforestation; estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949 to soil erosion and economic development; desertification; trade in endangered species
India: Deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and rapidly growing population is overstraining natural resources.

Major Environmental Agreements
China: Party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

From: http://www.forbes.com

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