The first key component of the Earth Policy Institute's climate stabilization plan is to systematically raise the efficiency of the world energy economy.

地球政策研究所气候稳定计划的第一个关键组成部分是，系统地提高世界能源经济的效率。

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Even before the downturn in energy prices and the world economy, the prospects of creating enough jobs for all these young workers as they enter the Labour market looked remote.

即便是在能源价格下跌和世界经济衰退之前，要在这些年轻人进入劳动力市场时为他们创造足够的工作机会都近乎无稽之谈。

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The fall of the Soviet Union ushered in a great expansion of the world economy as the energy wasted in Cold War posturing was redirected into opening up the economic prospects for billions.

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The island nation uses 4, 500 BTUs per U.S. dollar of gross domestic product, a measure known as "energy intensity, " the world standard for measuring how efficient an economy is at using energy.

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Some critics assert that characterizing the intense competition as a "race" obscures the climate benefits of greater clean energy deployment throughout the world and the "win-win" nature of a global clean energy economy.

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