5.6 Analyzing The Science

China and the United States are two of the world’s largest consumers of resources due to sheer population size and per capita consumption rates. The figures on the following page come from the Earth Policy Institute’s article “Learning from China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail.”

INTERPRETATION

Question 5.11

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Question 5.12

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Question 5.13

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ADVANCE YOUR THINKING

Hint: Access the actual data highlight at www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2011/highlights18.

Question 5.14

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Question 5.15

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Question 5.16

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