The shortage of oil will probably drive prices up.

石油短缺很有可能迫使价格上涨。

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As more and more people in formerly poor nations are entering the global middle class, they're beginning to drive cars and eat meat, placing growing pressure on world oil and food supplies.

由于昔日的贫穷国家有越来越多的人步入了全球的中产阶层，他们开始开上车，吃起肉，因此世界石油和食品供应的压力也日益增大。

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And of course there are also new ways of making electricity beyond just burning some rocks or oil to create steam to drive a turbine.

当然，其中也有发电的新途径，不局限于仅仅燃烧某些岩石或石油以产生蒸汽来驱动涡轮机。

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And other countries are ready to fill the gap. We already import about But the oil spill is expected to drive that number higher.

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If sustained over more than a few weeks, the scramble to replace large volumes of Persian Gulf and Caspian oil would drive up the price of oil, and gasoline, to unprecedented heights.

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Oil producers would seem to be the ones most likely to sell oil and drive prices down, but some of them also have access to physical supplies, key to any real manipulation.

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The need to drill for oil in 5000 feet of water and 20, 000 feet below the ocean floor is a dramatic illustration of how the low hanging fruit are long gone and the lengths to which our addiction to oil will drive us.

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