One promising proposal came from Rocky Mountain Institute researcher Amory Lovins, who pointed out in the 1990s that consumers aren't interested in the kilowatt-hours or oil used to provide services.

落基山研究所研究员埃默里洛文斯提出一个有前景的建议。 他在20世纪90年代指出，消费者对用来提供服务的一度电或是一点油并不感兴趣。

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The Institute is sponsored by the renowned investor George Soros. He has promised to spend $50m spread over ten years to help economists climb the right mountain

他已经承诺十年内要花费5千万美金帮助经济学家爬上正确山路。

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The city also boasts an astronomical legend in Wu Xuefeng's institute - the purple mountain Observatory (see Observatory on a purple mountain).

这座城市还拥有一个天文学领域的传奇，这就是吴雪峰所在的机构——紫金山天文台(见“紫金山上的天文台”)。

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So I have that experience in great mountain vistas and I had that experience walking by myself in the institute woods in Princeton.

登上高山远眺，我体会到了这种感觉,当我独自在普林斯顿,我们学院的小树林散步时，也有过这种体验。

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The Pentagon-co-sponsored September 2004 study Winning the Oil Endgame by the Rocky Mountain Institute details how.

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The average train has an efficiency of 400 ton-miles per gallon of fuel, compared with 200-300 tons for trucks, according to the Rocky Road Mountain Institute.

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