China Overtakes United States as World's Largest Energy Consumer

摘要

The Wall Street Journal reported that China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer. China consumed 2.25 billion tons of oil-equivalent last year-about 4% more than the 2.17 billion by the United States, the Journal reported, citing the International Energy Agency. The oil-equivalent metric represents all forms of energy consumed, including crude oil, nuclear, coal, natural gas, and renewable sources such as hydropower, the paper reported on its Web site.