53% of the
world's cement
48% of the
world's iron ore
47% of the
world's coal
... and the
majority of just about every other major commodity.
In 2010,
China produced 11 times more steel than the United States.
New World Record: China made and sold 18
million vehicles in 2010.
There are
more pigs in China than in the next 43 pork producing nations combined
China
currently has the world’s fastest train and the world’s largest high-speed
rail network. China is currently the number one producer in the world of
wind and solar power, but don’t
use it themselves.
While they
manufacture 80% of the world’s solar panels, they install less than 5% and
build a new coal fired power station every week.
In one year
they turn on more new coal powered electricity than Australia's total
output.
China currently controls more than 90% of
the total global supply of rare earth elements.
In the past
15 years, China has moved from 14thplace to 2ndplace
in the world in published scientific research articles.
China now
possesses the fastest supercomputer on the entire globe.
At the end
of March 2011 China accumulated US $3.04 trillion in foreign currency
reserves - the largest stockpile on the entire globe.
Chinese
people consume 50,000 cigarettes every second.
They are
already the largest carbon dioxide emitter and their output will rise 70%
by 2020.
~*~*~*~*~*~
And we think
we're saving the planet?
It will not
make one iota of difference what we do in Australia, Canada, the United
States or anywhere else in the world; for that matter, all the politicians
are doing is increasing our cost of living and making our manufacturers
uncompetitive in the world market, with the carbon tax, when countries like
China are growing and consuming at these extraordinary rates. And we
are paying carbon tax to save the World!
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