They could join forces to buy aluminium cans, as well as raw ingredients such as malt. This is the single biggest cost of each drink they sell.

他们可以集中力量购买铝罐，还有例如麦芽这样的原材料。这是他们每卖一瓶饮料的单个最高成本。

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As before, market forces cause production to expand until the seller's direct cost for the last unit sold is exactly the value of that unit to the buyer.

在一个简单的市场模型中，市场的力量将促使生产者扩大生产，直到消费者愿意支付的价格等于生产者的直接生产成本为止。

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First and foremost, it is unlikely that the true cost of such an event was accounted for by BP, because many of the effects on ecosystem services are only indirectly influenced by market forces.

首先，此类事件的真实成本不大可能由BP公司负责，因为事件对生态系统服务功能的很多负面效果仅受市场力量的间接影响。

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