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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by rf15 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:05AM (#14643785)
> ~9% to ~13% from 2002 to 2013[1]

that's 4% in 11 years, basically flatlining compared to other countries.

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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by dagw on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:20AM (#14645091)
that's 4% in 11 years

No, it's 45% growth in 11 years. It's 4 percentage points, but that is something different.

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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by sigi45 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:27PM (#14648500)
yeah still a joke :)
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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by rf15 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:40PM (#14648027)
point taken
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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by pc86 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:20AM (#14645086)
The United States' energy use per capita[0] is the largest in the world. How does the total energy consumption of renewables v. non-renewables compare?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption#/medi...

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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by mikeash on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:09AM (#14645499)
Nitpick: the US is #3, behind Iceland and Canada. Iceland is an incredible outlier, with a figure well over two times higher than Canada, I assume because aluminum production is such a huge part of the economy due to cheap geothermal and hydroelectric power.
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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by avar on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:52AM (#14645903)
The US is actually #9 behind Iceland, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Kuwait, Brunei, Luxembourg, UAE and Canada[1]. Just sort that table by kgoe/a. You're right about why Iceland is so high, see [2].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_co...

2. https://askjaenergy.com/2014/11/17/iceland-is-the-world-larg...

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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by mikeash on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:13PM (#14648345)
That's where I looked too, but I sorted by the 2014 column which seems to be missing values for some of those countries. Confusing!
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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by KekDemaga on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:03AM (#14644958)
I can presume that you personally only use renewables?
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Re:A shift in China to less toxic coatings for containers in... by rf15 on Thursday June 29, 2017 @03:11AM (#14661377)
Fair criticism. On the other hand, if we're going down this road of argumentation: I am renewable.
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