• sauna7843@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Wow, that’s incredible! I didn’t know China used double the energy of the US. Energy usage is a good proxy for how advanced a civilization and double the 2nd largest is very impressive!

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    1 year ago

    @yogthos
    Those numbers are impressive, 4.6 million STEM graduates vs 330k in the US in one year!? Holy shit! No wonder they are advancing so quickly, they are actually investing in their future, unlike the West.

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      1 year ago

      @yogthos to make this even more striking, I would be very interested to know how many foreign students are included in the US numbers…specifically how many are actually Chinese Foreign nationals that simply return home with their new-found American education.

      Capitalism would be so hilarious if it wasn’t just sad. The system sows the seeds of its own demise with such short-sightedness, and unfortunately we as citizens of the west suffer.