By the fragment of Text I “By 1985, the U.S. was 25 perc...

By the fragment of Text I “By 1985, the U.S. was 25 percent more energy efficient and 32 percent more oil efficient than in 1973. Of course the U.S. was upstaged by the Japanese who in the same period improved their energy efficiency by 31 percent and their oil efficiency by 51 percent” (lines 52-57), one can infer that