Shrinking Planet Statistic of the Day: Cars
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 06.03.08 | 1:19 PM ET
“There are 887 million vehicles in the world, up from 553 million just 15 years ago,” notes the AP, citing the consulting firm Global Insight. If the firm is right, in four years the number of cars will reach 1 billion.
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Ling 06.04.08 | 1:17 AM ET
That’s 887 million pieces of junk after peak oil hits. That’ll be one giant junkyard which houses all that scrap metal…