Intercepted communications from mid-2000through last summer show that Iraq front companies sought to buy machines that can be used to balance gas centrifuge rotors.

2000年中期夏末时候截获的通话显示伊拉克公司试图采购可用于进行配平气体离心分离机转子的机械。

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But that balance will only last for a few decades, at best. And that makes cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions an even more pressing priority.

不过即使是在最好的情况下平衡也只能持续数十年。这让削减温室气体排放成为迫在眉睫的问题。

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This carbon dioxide - the same gas that makes fizzy beverages corrosive – is altering the oceans' alkaline-acid balance, known as pH.

二氧化碳——和让饮料滋滋响的同一类气体——正在改变海洋的酸碱平衡，也就是通常说的ph值。

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He said that in 1999 and 2000 Iraqi front companies had tried to buy a factory that produces magnets used in the process, and that Iraq had later sought machines that balance the gas-centrifuge rotors.

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"We need to have instant-on sources of energy" like gas to balance loads from wind and solar generation.

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Further, they say that Scotland contributes to the strength of sterling, not least through the hike which oil and gas gives to the balance of payments associated with the currency.

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