Energy use per head is also rising. According to BP, in 1970 in the Middle East it was half whatit was in other emerging markets. By 2010 it was three times higher. Global oil consumptionstayed at roughly 4.6 barrels a head annually between 2000 and 2010, but the averageIranian and Saudi was getting through roughly 30% more by the end of the decade. TheSaudis consume 35.1 barrels each. Overall energy consumption per head, at 7.3 tonnes ofoil equivalent, is roughly the same as in America , which is much richer.
人均能源消耗量也在上升。英国石油公司的数据显示, 1970年,东地区的人均能源消耗量是其他新兴市场的一半。而截止到2010年,却已经高出三倍之多。2000到2010年间,全球每人每年的石油消耗量大约为4.6桶,可是伊朗和沙特地区于2010年底的人均消耗量大约高出全球平均量30%。沙特年均每人消耗35.1桶,总计人均能耗7.3吨石油,这一数据大致与相比之下要富裕很多的美国持平。
There are three explanations for this growing taste for oil. The first is demography.Populations in the Persian Gulf, and in OPEC as a whole, are growing fast. Tiny Qatar spopulation trebled between 2000 and 2010. Saudi Arabia s grew from around 20m to 27.4m,a 37% increase. Demand for power, water and petrol has risen accordingly. Saudipower-generating capacity has doubled in the past decade. Partly this is to mitigate thefearful heat: according to a report from Chatham House, a think-tank, air-conditioning unitssoak up half of all power generated at peak consumption periods.
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