China, China, China

Nee Hao MA...That's how you say hello or Good day in Chinese...We may well have to learn this language soon, as we may be owned by the Chinese Government, or like smaller countries, have to learn the language of the leader. Why must it come to this you ask? Well...read these Quotes...
" China's energy development emphasizes thrift, cleanness and safety. Believing that development is the only way for its survival, China solves problems emerging in the process of advance through development and reform. To this end, it is applying the Scientific Outlook on Development, persevering in putting people first, changing its concept of development, making innovations in the mode of development, and improving the quality of development. It strives for high scientific and technological content, low resource consumption, minimum of environmental pollution, good economic returns, and guaranteed safety in energy development, so as to realize the coordinated and sustained development of all energy resources to the fullest possible extent.
China's energy development is based on the principle of relying on domestic resources and the basic state policy of opening to the outside world."
http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/236955.htm#2

"China is the world's leading producer of energy from renewable sources and is on the way to overtaking developed countries in creating clean technologies, according to a report by the Climate Group.
Published today, the group's report, China's Clean Revolution, shows that supportive government policies investing billions of dollars in energy efficiency and renewables are driving huge levels of innovation in China.
The Climate Group says that, despite its coal-dependent economy, China has become a world leader in the manufacture of solar photovoltaic technology - its six biggest solar companies have a combined value of over $15bn (£7.57bn). Around 820 megawatts of solar PV were produced in China in 2007, second only to Japan.
The country already leads the world in terms of installed renewable capacity at 152 gigawatts. In the next year, China will also become the world's leading exporter of wind turbines and it is also highly competitive in solar water heaters, energy efficient home appliances, and rechargeable batteries.
"For too long, many governments, businesses and individuals have been wary of committing to action on climate change because they perceive that China - the world's largest emitter - is doing little to address the issue," said Steve Howard, chief executive of the Climate Group.
"However, the reality is that China's government is beginning to unleash a low-carbon dragon which will power its future growth, development and energy security objectives."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/01/renewableenergy.climatechange

"There has been some success as well. CNOOC bought late last year a minority stake in four prospects in the Gulf of Mexico from Statoil; Sinopec, the country’s state-owned oil company, was successful last year in scooping up Switzerlands’s Addax Petroleum for more than $7 billion; Sinochem Corp. bought British oil and gas explorer Emerald Energy in October; and China National Petroleum Corp. with majority partner BP successfully secured a contract to develop the Rumaila field in southern Iraq.
Based on comments by CNOOC’s president Yang Hua, the company and China will continue to try and expand its overseas operations with foreign partners, according to a WSJ report."
http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002920/chinas-energy-appetite-cnooc-ramps-up-production-goals-eyes-overseas-assets/

"Officially, China’s latest renewable energy plan sets a goal of 10 GW by 2010. That’s double the previous target. However, according to industry analysts at China Strategies LLC, China’s current pace of wind development will bring 10 GW by the end of this year, two years ahead of schedule. According to China Strategies, 20 GW is possible in China by 2010. What’s more, they foresee a total of 100 GW by 2020, an increase in wind energy of 1667%. And, they add, this may be a conservative estimate."
http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/03/energy-experts-say-chinas-wind-energy-could-grow-1667-by-2020/

While the Republicans are concentrating on tearing down this Government in every way possible and effectively tying the Administration's hands while playing the "penny wise pound foolish" game, their short-sightedness will result in the retardation of America's progress in the biggest and most important race in the world right now...The energy race...the race to source the rest of the worlds energy resources before China, whether it be oil from the African continent, Energy from South America ...particularly Brazil, Oil from Canada and Mexico, Oil off the Coast of Cuba, or even manufacturing high quality Solar Panels and building High Tech clean and safe Nuclear Plants and increasing energy production from wind right here in America. The Republicans seem to not see that divided we fall while China rises like the Sleeping Dragon. Does power and winning mean that much to them that they would prefer to see America lose so they will have their way? Timing is everything ...In the near future, whosoever controls the majority of the world's energy, and can sell or supply it to others...may well control the world.