Cheap food, like cheap oil, may be a thing of the past.
便宜的粮食，和便宜的石油，恐怕都是很遥远的往事了。
Most people alive today will see the end of cheap oil.
不久的将来我们会见证廉价石油时代的终结。
One caveat is that cheap oil may lead to pockets of excess.
一个警告是，廉价石油或许会导致市场出现泡沫。
Imagine Van Gogh being born before the technologies of cheap oil paints.
想像梵谷生在廉价油彩的科技之前。
But it's not clear how much can be done. Cheap food, like cheap oil, may be a thing of the past.
但是，到底还有多少可以做的事，目前尚不明朗。便宜的粮食，和便宜的石油，恐怕都是很遥远的往事了。
Cheap energy, specifically cheap oil, quite literally fueled this record economic expansion.
廉价的能源，特别是廉价的石油，确实促成了空前的经济高涨。
In those areas, cheap natural gas will indeed replace expensive oil, holding down price increases.
在那些领域，便宜的天然气确实可以取代石油，降低其价格增长速度。
In the 20th century oil replaced coal as the cheap fuel of choice.
20世纪后，石油代替煤炭成为廉价燃料的选择。
Then oil became cheap again, and money for battery research dried up.
随后石油又变得便宜了，电池技术研发资金也随之枯竭。
Using more natural gas, in oversupply and cheap relative to oil, is an obvious choice.
更多地使用天然气是显而易见的选择，因为天然气比石油供应量大且更便宜。
For oil replacements, cheap suddenly looks less of a problem.
对于石油的替代品来说，价格突然不是什么问题了。
Oil is no longer cheap; indeed, it has never been more expensive.
石油不再廉价，的确是从来没有过的高价。
For most of the 20th century, oil was cheap and abundant.
20世纪大多数时间，石油廉价且丰富。
For most of the 20th century, oil was cheap and abundant.
20世纪大多数时间，石油廉价且丰富。
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