China and the Energy Envelope

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/pushing-the-energy-envelope-with-china/  

China and the U.S. both agree to work together to have a joint venture in energy research

If China and the U.S. build a nuclear reactor together, they could have it use half the energy

China will be using half of the worlds energy by 2050

They will be building 300 billion square feet of buildings, in the next 15 to 20 years

There energy research focuses on carbon capture, storage from coal plants, and clean vehicles