Cars account for half the oil consumed in the U.S.

汽车耗油量占美国石油消耗量的一半。

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Cars account for half the oil consumed in the U.S., about half the urban pollution and one fourth the greenhouse gases.

汽车消耗了美国一半的石油，导致了美国约半数的城市污染和四分之一的温室气体。

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Farmers, especially cotton and rice growers in those upstream states, account for 83% of the basin's consumed water.

位于上游地段的农民，尤其是棉花与稻米种植者的用水量占据该水域全部耗水量的83%。

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Homes account for 22% of all of the energy consumed in the U.S., according to the Department of Energy, and heating and cooling account for 54% of the total.

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Hong Kong's buildings account for 89 percent of all energy consumed in the city, according to the Hong Kong government.

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Weight gain of passengers in noncommercial vehicles could account for nearly 1 billion gallons of gasoline consumed per year in the United States from 1960 to 2002, Allstate says in an infographic accompanying its blog post.

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