正如一辆汽车会被燃料过滤器堵塞一样：燃料（能源）不能迅速、顺利的传到它需要的地方，汽车不能快速有效的行驶。

Imagine a car that has a clogged fuel filter: thefuel (our energy) can’t get to where it needs to go quickly and smoothly, andthe car performs inefficiently and ineffectively.

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但食物到不了需要它的地方，而生物燃料的政策是很难改变(见文章)。

But the food is not where it needs to be, and biofuel policy is hard to shift (see article).

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在这个海拔高度猛烈的大风需要一个天星通过燃烧它的燃料提供动力保持飞船静止不动。

And at this altitude ferocious winds require a SkySat to burn through its fuel supply just to stay still.

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