California Uses More Gas than China


	California Uses More Gas than China

egsnyder

7-17-2008 5:28 PM

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energy, consumption, global warming

egsnyder says:

This kind of puts things into perspective!

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7-18-2008 1:00 AM

The REAL Napster

Actually no surprise since most of China's population walks and rides bikes. And they have a BIG population.

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