What do these figures show? How many different fuel types are included in the figures?

How do China and the United States compare in their use of coal and oil in 2010? Use the data to explain your responses.

What is the projected oil consumption for China in 2035 and how does this compare to what is projected for the United States? What is the potential percentage change in oil consumption for each country? How does this trend compare to coal consumption for the two countries?

China’s ecological footprint is much smaller than that of the United States. What explains the trend in coal consumption in China and the fact that it exceeds that of the United States today? How might China and the United States compare using the IPAT model?

The world produces 86 million barrels of oil a day. What percent of this oil production did the United States consume in 2010? China? How does this translate into per capita consumption, if the current population of China is 1.3 billion and that of the United States is 300 million? Assuming that we hold to this level of oil production, what proportion of it will China need in 2035? What about the United States? How does this translate in per capita terms, assuming that population size in China and the United States does not change significantly? Discuss the environmental consequences in terms of the IPAT model and the ecological footprint.

Except for oil, among the key commodities—grain, meat, coal, oil, and steel—China consumes more of each than the United States. For instance, China currently consumes twice as much meat and four times as much steel as the United States. Considering the key concepts of the chapter, what are the lessons to be learned from China’s economic growth? What are some potential solutions? Discuss in terms of the IPAT model, ecological footprints, and economic models.