If powerful car companies like VW agreed to reduce the fuel consumption of its entire fleet by making more efficient cars, oil consumption would be drastically reduced.

如果大众这样的强大汽车公司同意通过制造更具能效的车辆，来减少自己整支舰队的燃料消耗，石油消耗将会明显减少。

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But as cold weather engulfed Western Europe, with temperatures dropping below freezing in Paris, London and Berlin, consumption of heating oil and fuel oil surged, traders say.

交易员表示，随着寒冷天气席卷西欧，巴黎、伦敦和柏林的气温降至冰点以下，取暖油和燃料油的消费都大幅增加。

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The result was lower consumption of oil and greater fuel efficiency of the fleet.

结果是低水平的石油消费和更高效率的汽车的出现。

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Earlier this year, Whole Foods ( WFMI) became the first Fortune 500 company to announce it would attempt to reduce its consumption of fuel derived from the oil sands.

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Even more dramatic fuel savings can be achieved - both in terms of the costs and the consumption of foreign oil - if millions of Americans start driving not just fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles, but FFV-capable plug-in hybrids (PIH) with 500 mile-per-gallon-of-gasoline (mpgg) performance.

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Domestic supplies of technically recoverable oil could fuel 200 years of usage at current consumption rates.

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