Auto Post: China vs. The US
China / US
Total Area: 9.59 million sq km / 9.63 million sq km
Population: 1.3billion / 298 million
Life Expectency: 72.5 yrs/ 77.85 yrs
Literacy: 90.9% / 99%
Public debt: 28.8% / 64.7%
Oil consumption: 6.4 million bbl per day / 20.03 million bbl per day
# cell phones: 335 mil / 194 mil
Great Walls: 1 / 0
Military Expenditures: $81.5 bil / $518.1 billion
I think I’m just as shocked by some of those US numbers as I am with the Chinese stats!
First, I had no idea that china was almost the exact same size (area wise) as the US. I also had no idea that the US literacy rate was so high. Three cheers for education.
The oil consumption statistics are disgusting. As is the fact that China has totally one upped us on “great walls.” Let’s get our act together America!! If the democrats want a surefire way to the presidency in 2008, they should probably start campaigning right now for the construction of The American Greater Wall… nay… Greatest Wall.
Well, aren’t they planning on a massive fence along the Mexican border? That’s essentially the same thing…
We can’t fence off the entire border. It’s a ridiculous idea. If they all want to live here, it would be more efficient to invade or purchase Mexico.
Don’t tell them that! Look what happened the last time we had the option of either invading or purchasing a smaller country that had a lot of desert.
Since when were we going to purchase Iraq? Also, we did a heck of a lot of good over there.
Iraq? I was talking about the annexation of Texas. And now we have Texans. Thanks a lot, James K. Polk.
Oh, ok. I could live without Texans. No matter what they may think, Alaska is bigger.
We can live without you.
Its cool.
I don’t think anyone i’ve ever met while in Texas disagreed that Alaska is bigger. Its a simple fact.
Sorry, Jon. I’m a bit biased because my husband’s evil ex is from Texas. She’s crazy.
You know, we could just build a really reaking cool wall and call it the Greatest Wall. It doesn’t need to be seen from Space. Thats for pansies. I think our wall should go UP TO SPACE!!!
Reminiscent of Nimrod.