China: more concrete in 3 years than US in 20th C.

[Black Heart]

China Used More Concrete In 3 Years Than The U.S. Used In The Entire 20th Century

China produces and consumes about 60 percent of the world’s cement — the Three Gorges Dam alone required 16 million tonnes of it. To put China’s massive 21st century construction splurge and concrete consumption into perspective, Bill Gates made a mind-blowing comparison.

According to his blog, between 2011 and 2013, China consumed 6.6 gigatons of concrete – that’s more than the U.S. used in the entire 20th century. Look at what the U.S. built between 1901 and 2000: all those skyscrapers, the Interstate, the Hoover Dam, the list goes on and on but all that concrete only amounted to 4.5 gigatons.

China Used More Concrete In 3 Years Than The U.S. Used In The Entire 20th Century [Infographic] - Forbes

[soibeer]

Are they building chop sticks out of concrete now?

[rickschoppers]

A lot of that concrete went to build entire cities that are completely empty. What a waste.

[ENT]

Chinks R nuts.

Megalomanic, thick as shit clones and imperialists to the last.


Bar a few.

[Latindancer]

It's their education system. Taiwanese Chinese are genetically identical, but lovely and well-educated people.

Communist Chinese are a bunch of ants.

[Neverna]

Sanctions will now be imposed on China. How dare it use more concrete than the USA.

[Norton]

Three gorges dam alone used 27.2 million cubic metres (35.6×106 cu yd) of concrete.

[thaimeme]

Sanctions will now be imposed on China. How dare it use more concrete than the USA.

I believe there might be an equal amount of motor vehicles [4-wheeled type] in China today as well - whoever is counting comparatively.

Don't expect this boom bubble of the last generation to burst suddenly or any time in the distant future.....it will resemble more of a leak.

[ENT]

Like a fart.

[kmart]

Sanctions will now be imposed on China. How dare it use more concrete than the USA.

It probably didn't. Despite what the material specs said.

How much rebar in it?

[Dan]

According to his blog, between 2011 and 2013, China consumed 6.6 gigatons of concrete

Of which, 11.6 gigatons was paid for by the Chinese government.

[thaimeme]

Where's the raw product [cement] coming from?

Shirley, it's not all domestic.