If the Chinese did increase their energy use by 275% they would still
be using less than us.

Rubbish. In terms of CO2 production, which is what we care about in this
thread, Britain CO2-per-head is only about 1.55 times that of China.

So, increasing their energy use by only 100% per head would put them well
ahead of us, never mind 275%.

http://www.solcomhouse.com/toptenco2.htm

SteveT