The agency claims that since 2000 China's energy demand has doubled, although its consumption per person is still only one-third of the OECD average.

该组织宣称虽然在人均能源消耗上仍然仅仅是经合组织平均水平的三分之一，但是自2000年以后中国的能源需求已经翻了一倍。

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But while China's total energy consumption has, according to the IEA, overtaken the us, it's still far behind in terms of energy use per person, by a factor of more than three.

尽管根据IEA的统计，中国的能源消耗总量超过了美国，但是人均能源使用，却远远落后与美国。

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If its energy consumption per person also rose to current South Korean levels, its energy demand would quadruple.

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Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, energy consumption per person in the U.S. has crept ahead at 3% per year.

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As a thought-experiment, let's imagine that technology switches and lifestyle changes manage to halve American energy consumption to 125 kWh per day per person.

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