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China and the Global Energy Crisis: Development and Prospects for China's Oil and Natural Gas.

Publication: The Energy Journal
Publication Date: 01-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
China and the Global Energy Crisis: Development and Prospects for China's Oil and Natural Gas, by TATSU KAMBARA AND CHRISTOPHER HOWE (Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, 2007). 144 pages, cloth, price $85; ISBN 978-1-84542-966-9.

China has experienced explosive growth in energy use and seems poised for even more. China is now the second largest consumer of petroleum in the world, though its oil use per capita is still only a tenth the level of advanced economies. Meeting China's rising electricity demand requires commissioning the equivalent of a new one-gigawatt electric power plant every five days.

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