The Libyans say they may stop growing wheat using water from the NWSAS and the Nubian sandstone aquifer system, the world’s largest fossil aquifer, which they share with Egypt, Chad and Sudan.

利比亚人称他们将停止使用西北撒哈拉水系统和努比亚砂岩水系统（世界上最大的化石含水层，为埃及、乍得、苏丹共同拥有）的水来种植小麦。

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Also aiding in the reliability of a system running completely on wind, water, and solar power, the authors say, is that it would need about a third less energy than a fossil-fired system.

另外，作者提到，为了维护完全依靠风能、水能和太阳能系统运营的稳定性，要借助第三个较少的能源，而不是靠化石燃烧的系统。

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Once completed, existing building systems will be switched over to run off the new district hot water system, further reducing dependence on fossil fuels.

一旦完成，现在的建筑体系将形成新的区域热水系统，进一步减少对于化石燃料的依赖。

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Opponents of the method, however, are saying that the conversion process uses great amounts of fossil fuels and that it harms marine life through its vast duct system whereby it pipes water into the desalination facilities.

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