A sharp conflict between upstream gas supply and downstream peak-shaving exists under natural gas take-or-pay clauses.

在天然气照付不议条款下上游供气与下游调峰存在较大的矛盾。

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You can pay a toll to drive on Pike's Peak Highway or relax and take the Pike's Peak Cog Railway.

你可以付通行费开车上派克斯峰公路，或者放松一下，乘坐派克斯峰齿轨式火车。

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You cannot take anyone along unless they pay or you pay for them.

你不能带任何人一起去，除非他们付钱或者你帮他们付钱。

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While at Akin Gump, in the early 1980s, Rogers waded into the fight between natural gas suppliers and pipeline operators, who were refusing to buy gas under onerous "take-or-pay" contracts.

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Start by building up emergency savings equivalent to three to six months of your take-home pay (or if you're not working full-time, your expenses), says Kimberly Foss, a wealth adviser in Sacramento, Calif.

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It delivers sand under long-term, "take or pay" contracts that reduce the company's exposure to short-term fluctuations in the price of sand.

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