Return of the Native

From 5th November New Yorker book review section:

"There are nine personal vehicles per thousand eligible drivers in China and eleven for every thousand Indians, compared with 1,148 for every thousand Americans. ~ Were India and China to increase their rates of car ownership to the point were per-capita oil consumption reached just half of American levels, the two countries would burn through a hundred million additional barrels of oil a day".

Just as oil hits almost $100 a barrel, without seemingly anyone caring too much.