Errata

Well, once again I find myself double checking my facts. It's not China that consumes 16 times less energy per person than the US, it's India that consumes 16 times less energy per person than the US.

Here are the numbers based on 2003 statistics (http://www.thewatt.com/node/170):

China consumes 6.8 times less energy per person than the US
India consumes 15.2 times less energy per person than the US

China produces 5.3 times less CO2 per person than the US
India produces 17.2 times less CO2 per person than the US

In case anybody's interested, I've decided to make a database of random energy facts (all with sources) so that I can refer to them quickly as needed. This database is going to be posted to Twitter. So, check out http://www.twitter.com/benkenney for my list of random energy facts along with sources.