Figures released last week confirmed that the last half of 2008 saw the most savage contraction in demand for motor vehicles since the second world war.
With about 200,000 deaths a year, or 550 every day, India accounts for 15% of the world's road fatalities, although it has just one percent of the world's motor vehicles.
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今年美国收获的玉米将有近三分之一,也就是世界产量的12%,会分流到机动车用乙醇生产中。
Almost a third of the US corn harvest will be diverted into ethanol for motors this year, or 12pc of the global crop.