Here's a link to an interesting graphic that highlights how things have changed in the last decade.  A sample:

Cell phone subscriptions per 100 people: 8 in 2000, 76.2 in 2010

Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people: 0 in 2000, 8 in 2010

Mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 people: 0 in 2000, 13.6 in 2010

Chinese power consumption (in trillion kw/h): 1.25 in 2000, 4.17 in 2010

US power consumption (in quadrillion BTU): 98.97 in 2000, 97.72 in 2010

Average price of crude oil (per barrel): $28.23 in 2000, $64.97 in 2010