The line of reasoning goes like this: small cars may be more fuel-efficient, but big cars are safer.

这种说法的理由是：车小更省油，车大更安全。

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But as the price of fuel declined in the 1980s, American consumption habits turned back toward big cars and light trucks.

但是，随着燃料价格在20世纪80年代的下降，美国的消费偏好又回到了大型轿车和轻型卡车上。

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City boys drive around in big cars and snort cocaine, neither of which activities is very planet-saving, and just imagine Tony Blair's carbon footprint.

还有城市里开着名车吸着可卡因的小伙(两类活动均对保护地球无益)，顺便再想想托尼·布莱尔的碳足迹。

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Would carmakers revert to their old habits of producing big cars with big engines?

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They are stereotyped as wanting big cars, lots of money and all kinds of fame.

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For Toyota, by 2008 big cars were contributing JPY 2 trillion (USD 25 billion) of operating profits.

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