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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 
In the sentence of Text I “Today the importance of oil to the economy is still diminishing” (lines 57-58), the verb form is diminishing indicates 
The fragment of Text I “Despite the 51 percent growth in the American economy between 1990 and 2004, carbon emissions only increased 19% suggesting that those who insist that economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions move in tandem are wrong” (lines 58-63) implies that 
Thus, in the fragment of Text I “Thus some of the primary rainforests must be salvaged for sustainable development to be at all successful” (lines 107-109) conveys an idea of 
