现时正被夸大的一个耸人传闻事关发展中国家，特别是经济飞速发展的中国和印度。 由于没有加入《京都议定书》对废气排放进行限制，两国都被看作是正在引起对石油的不可满足的需求。
The scary story that is being amplified now concerns the developing world, notably China and India, where rapid economic growth - and no restrictions on emissions under the Kyoto Protocol - are seen as creating insatiable demands for oil.