US still world's biggest energy consumer
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The U.S. remained the biggest energy consumer in the world in 2009, said Feng Lianyong, a professor at China University of Petroleum, rebutting an earlier report by the International Energy Agency that said China had surpassed the U.S.
Feng noted that statistics on the U.S. Energy Information Administration website showed the total energy consumption of the U.S. in 2009 reached 94.578×1015Btu. Using the standard conversion method, where 1×1012Btu is equal to 0.025 million tonnes of oil equivalent, the U.S. consumed 2.36 billion tones of oil equivalent.
According to the IEA, China consumed 2.25 billion tonnes of oil equivalent in 2009, while the U.S. consumed 2.17 billion tonnes.
China's National Bureau of Statistics reported in February that the country's energy consumption last year stood at 3.1 billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent, or 2.13 billion tonnes of oil equivalent.
China's business press carried the story above on Tuesday. China.org.cn has not checked the stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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