Energy Production and Electric Power Consumption

This motion chart shows the energy production of the United States and China as well as the electric power consumption by the two nations since 1960. One can see as from before the United States is the leader in energy production by a wide margin during the 60's with China not even present. The chart will reaffirm the incredible leap that China generated by focusing its manpower into manufacturing. Looking at the chart in motion it is visible that China's electric power consumption in 1993 matched the United States electric power consumption in 1960. It took China 30 years to get to that level of consumption and energy production. From 1996 to 1999 the energy production of China seemed to be stalling and reaching its peak. Then in the new millennium China's energy production skyrocketed over the next decade to unbelievable levels in a short amount of time. While China has been growing in terms of production and consumption, the United States stalled on production but steadily increased its electric power consumption. Consumption by US consumers has thus been supported through importation. Production capacity has been at the about the same levels since 1984. Where all the extra electric power comes from is a mystery to me still