China's energy demand to leap 75%

CHINA will drive a surge in world energy demand over the next quarter century, as straining supply enhances OPEC's oil market share and growing coal use undermines efforts to contain global warming.
In its annual world energy outlook, the International Energy Agency forecasts Chinese demand will jump by 75 per cent, accounting for more than a third of the rise in energy use that will lift global consumption to 16.7 billion tonnes of oil by 2035.
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Source: The Sydney Morning Herald