Oil pricing became a zero-sum game: every rise in prices benefited producers at the cost of consumers, and every reduction in price benefited consumers at the expense of producers.

石油定价变成了一个零和博弈：每次价格的上涨使得生产者获益，消费者受损，每次价格的下跌则使消费者获益，生产者受损。

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Oil pricing became a zero-sum game: every rise in prices benefited producers at the cost of consumers, and every reduction in price benefited consumers at the expense of producers.

石油定价变成了一个零和博弈：每次价格的上涨使得生产者获益，消费者受损，每次价格的下跌则使消费者获益，生产者受损。

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