The amount of fuel that this car uses is a big strike against it.

耗油量大是这辆车的一大缺点。

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So we are burning up an enormous amount of fuel at every launch just to get the rocket up to what's known as escape velocity.

所以每一次发射我们都要耗费大量的燃料来让火箭达到所谓的“逃逸速度”。

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That obviously affects the amount of fuel you put in and the fundamentals of the internals of the design.

那明显会影响到你放入的燃料数量,还有设计的内部构造,的基本原理。

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The time that we spend in congested conditions significantly adds to the amount of fuel cars and trucks are burning.

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Proponents point to the enormous energy density of the fuel (the amount of energy contained per unit).

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"With the price of fuel it's too tempting for people to say we're only producing a small amount of fuel that stays below the criteria for being a proper registered producer with all the costs and all the bureaucracy and all the burdens that brings with it, " says Jim Walker, managing director of Argent Energy.

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And because of the slight rise in fuel prices (which should be more than compensated for by the savings from eliminating the subsidy), a small amount of fuel conservation may result.

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