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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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