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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

China has vastly more energy capacity that the US and, 3-4x what the USA has.

Okay, now look at per capita energy.

the competition around energy has been a moot point for China

That is extremely inaccurate

[-] Mitchie151@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

I think it's partially innacurate to compare per capita energy consumption for the two nations.

The average American lives a vastly different lifestyle to someone in china, consider that per capita consumption of China is now higher than that of the EU. It's not the whole picture. An average American uses almost four times as much energy as a Chinese or European person at home.

If you're talking about standard of living, sure, per capita makes sense. There's no argument that for the majority of people in the US their standard of living is probably objectively higher.

However, China's industrial electricity usage per capita has overtaken that of the US long ago.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The average American lives a vastly different lifestyle to someone in china

That hasn't been true in decades.

for the majority of people in the US their standard of living is probably objectively higher

What are you using to calculate standard of living?

Certainly not life expectancy, education, housing, or cost of living.

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