Both oil and gas are less dense than water, so they generally tend to rise upward through water-saturated rock and sediment.
石油和天然气的密度都比水小，所以二者通常会浮在被水浸泡的岩石和沉积物的表层。
When people began to realise that there was not enough oil on the earth, they asked car makers to produce more efficient and less polluting cars.
当人们开始意识到地球上没有足够的石油时，他们要求汽车制造商生产能效更高、污染更少的汽车。
Non conflagate and less insitation, it is an ideal substitute for gasoline and diesel oil using for cleaning.
它不挥发且低刺激，是汽油和柴油理想的清洁替代品。
He thinks Norway should set an example by producing less oil and gas in the hope that other countries respond in equally high-minded fashion.
他认为，挪威应该减少石油与天然气的产量来树立一个榜样，以此希望其它国家也以同样高的姿态做出回应。
Both natural gas and biogas create emissions when burned, but far less than coal and oil do.
天然气和沼气燃烧时，都会产生二氧化碳，但是要比煤和石油少得多。
By then, America, Japan and Europe will be using less oil than in 1980.
届时，美国，日本和欧洲石油消耗量将会低于1980年的水平。
Plus, eating fresh food means it probably spent less time travelling, which saves enormous amounts of oil and carbon dioxide emissions.
此外，吃新鲜食品意味着可能减少运输的时间，那是对石油和二氧化碳排放的减少的贡献。
Dearer oil is pushing the dollar down, they claim, because oil exporters import more from Europe than America and hold less of their oil revenues in dollars.
他们认为珍贵的石油正在使美元贬值，因为石油出口国从欧洲进口商品的数量要多于美国，从而获得的美元石油收入较少。
Finally — like oil — meat is something people are encouraged to consume less of, as the toll exacted by industrial production increases, and becomes increasingly visible.
最后，像石油一样，肉类变成鼓励人们少消费一些的东西，因为工业产品的损耗增加了，并且愈发明显。
The water would exert less pressure on the oil and gas down below, which is why it was important that 【concrete seals】 were in place to avoid any blowout.
因为海水对石油以及井下的天然气造成的压力更小，所以为避免任何喷发，及时用【海水代替泥浆】封堵井口是至关重要的。
But with energy, or food, customers have options: they can switch from oil to natural gas, or eat more chicken and less beef. There is no substitute for water, not even Coca-Cola.
但是，能源、食物消费者可以有所选择：可以用天然气取代石油或者多吃些鸡肉少吃些牛肉，而水，甚至可口可乐，却无可替代。
In recent weeks it has become clear that Europe and Japan are faring even worse than America, and so are likely to consume less oil, steel, cocoa and the like.
最近几个星期形势变得更清晰，欧洲和日本的情况比美国更糟，同样糟的还有那些可能会减少石油、钢铁、可可粉等商品消费的国家。
BP, for example, is keen for the company to hunt for more reserves of oil and gas, to make up for BP's own less impressive record in finding oil.
举例来说，BP希望公司寻求更多的石油和天然气储备，弥补BP自身在寻找石油方面并不令人满意的记录。
When fear was the prevailing emotion, the dollar rose, and when investors were less worried, riskier assets ranging from the euro to oil to stocks took off.
当这种恐慌情绪蔓延的时候，美元上涨。而当投资者担心减少时，危险的资产从欧元延伸到石油和股市。
Europe, notably, has ploughed more investment into public transportation and taxed petrol at a much higher rate and still consumes less oil than it did when the last oil shock struck 29 years ago.
欧洲在公共交通上明显投入了更多资金，并对汽油征收更高的税率，目前它的石油消耗量低于29年前的上次石油危机期间。
African incomes rose by mere 26 per cent between 1995 and 2007, less if countries rich in oil and mineral resources are taken out of the calculation.
非洲的收入在1995到2007年之间仅仅增长了26%，如果剔除那些石油和矿产丰富的国家，这一数字将更低。
In the first two months of the year, China imported nearly 40% less oil from Iran than it did during the same period last year, and bought more oil from other countries.
今年头两个月，中国从伊朗的石油进口较去年同期减少接近40%，同时从其他国家购买了更多的石油。
Small entrepreneur that the country needs to flourish, if its economy is to rely less on oil and gas, and its society to be stabilised by the growth of a middle class.
国家需要繁荣，假如它的经济不过于依赖石油和天然气，那么它的社会会通过中产阶级的成长更趋于稳定。而他就属于那类小企业家。
And much of the CO2 that causes this problem derives from oil and gas made less scarce by the reserves now recoverable from below it.
引起这个问题的大部分二氧化碳是从石油和天然气中产生的，而从海底重新得到的能源储备也是的它们不再那么稀缺了。
Consumers paying more for their petrol and heating oil have less to spend on other things.
消费者要为汽油及燃油付出更多，而这会减少他们在其他方面的消费。
The more we reduce our use of coal, oil, and gas and the more we increase energy independency, the less we risk fights over energy and resources.
我们越多削减煤炭、石油和天然气的使用，越能增加能源的独立性，由能源和资源引起冲突的风险越小。
It also includes frequent to medium consumption of nuts, low-fat products, like white-cheese and yogurt, olive oil and fish while for less frequent consumption recommends white meat.
它还要求我们经常食用坚果和低脂类食物，如白奶酪、酸奶、橄榄油和鱼； 另外，还应少量地食用一些蒸煮的禽肉；
In other words, there is only room in the atmosphere to burn or vent less than one quarter of known oil, natural gas and coal reserves.
换句话说，大气目前的承受量，仅能允许我们燃烧或排放已知储量四分之一的石油、天然气和煤。
This marks another year when water gets less attention than oil, and the coming crisis becomes more severe.
今年又将是人类关注石油的一年，而忽略了水危机。今后水危机将变得更加严峻。
This marks another year when water gets less attention than oil, and the coming crisis becomes more severe.
今年又将是人类关注石油的一年，而忽略了水危机。今后水危机将变得更加严峻。
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