The oil price has risen mainly because of strong demand in emerging economies, which have accounted for as much as four-fifths of the total increase in oil consumption in the past five years.

在过去五年中这些新兴国家对石油消耗量增长了五分之四，这表明石油价格飞涨的主要原因是这些国家对能源的巨大需求。

youdao

The price of food crops has risen by 40% since the beginning of 2002, although that increase is dwarfed by huge run-ups in the prices of oil and metals, as the left-hand chart, below, shows.

然而这样的增长仍然无法和极速攀升的油价和金价同日而语。 如左下方图表所示。

youdao

Third, due to the decline in the value of the dollar over the past two years, the price that Europeans pay for oil has not risen nearly as much as the dollar price of oil.

第三，由于过去两年美元的贬值，欧洲人为石油所支付的价格远没有达到用美元所支付的价格。

youdao

Wind power is taking on natural gas, which has risen in price in sympathy with oil.

ECONOMIST: A fundamental change is coming sooner than you might think

Since then, however, the continued rise in the oil price has meant that the cost of fuel subsidies has actually risen.

ECONOMIST: Producers and consumers alike are hit

The price of natural gas, too, has risen in sympathy with oil.

ECONOMIST: A survey of The future of energy