With the recent spurt in oil proces and inflation around the world...
what reply did the north american leaders come up with?

that Developing nations like India and China are guzzling up too much gas.

How true is this statement?

how about the fact that the state of California uses more Petroleum than Either India or China.
dont believe me? read this article.

http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jul/23look.htm
some exerpts :
"Isn't it outrageous for a state with 36 million people to consume more transportation fuel than a nation of 1 billion, India, and still point the blame elsewhere?

The second question, how is this even possible? How can every 1 Californian consume more transportation fuel than 30 Indians?

It's simple, really. In Asia, we utilise compressed natural gas, mass transportation, bicycles and our good old fashioned leather chappals to get around. In California, it's not unusual for a family of four to have four vehicles, and for each member to drive his or her own separate way, every day! "

Top Oil Consuming Nations:

Rank Country Oil - consumption(bbl/day) Date of Information

1 World 80,290,000 2005 est.
2 United States 20,800,000 2005 est.
3 European Union 14,550,000 2004
4 China 6,930,000 2007 est.
5 Japan 5,353,000 2005
6 Russia 2,916,000 2006
7 Germany 2,618,000 2005 est.
8 India 2,438,000 2005 est.
9 Canada 2,290,000 2005
10 Korea, South 2,130,000 2006
11 Brazil 2,100,000 2006 est.
12 Mexico 2,078,000 2005 est.
13 Saudi Arabia 2,000,000 2005
14 France 1,999,000 2005 est.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/th...r/2174rank.html

The USA consumes nearly 3 times more oil than China, a country that has more than 3 times the population of the USA. On a per capita basis that means China consumes 1/10th of what the USA consumes.

It's the same story with Canada. On a per capita basis, China consumes 1/10th of what Canada consumes.

The number is even smaller for India in comparison with the USA and Canada.

hmmm thanks 4 the list guest.. Canada and India are almost similar...

canada's population 33 million, india is 30 times more... 1 billion.

so that makes a Canadian 30 times bigger consumer than his indian counterpart

your stats are great but you aren't comparing apples to apples here

your stats would only be compatible to automobile per capita basis

This post has been edited by watcher: Jul 23 2008, 07:46 PM

Much oil consumption is for electrical generation. Much of the third world burns coal.

so what would happen once these populations start emulating the ways of the west. i.e every household having 3-4 cars.....
total chaos

Per Capita Canada should be one of the highest because of its large size and cold climate. It is difficult to build cost effective but efficient transport in a country with such low density.

That said, we need to do better. If the third world was like us, it would be an epic disaster if it isn't already.

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