Advocates like the former oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens have also long sought to promote it as a substitute for coal in electricity generation or gasoline in a new generation of natural gas cars.

前油业大亨皮肯斯这样的支持者也一直以来试图将其作为电煤的替代者和在新型的天然气车中作为汽油的替代者。

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T. Boone Pickens backed off of his much ballyhooed mega-wind project in Texas this week, citing the declining cost of natural gas.

鉴于目前天然气价格的下降，T . Boone Pickens在本周撤销了在得克萨斯州(Texas)建立巨型风电场的项目，这个项目还曾经被大肆宣传过。

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Because of the natural gas transfer pip bursting fracture is polluted, the breaking quality can' t be judged dircctly.

天然气管道爆裂断口由于被污染，不能直接判断断口的性质。

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It's often the fuel of choice for people in poorer communities and rural parts of the country that aren't served by natural gas pipelines.

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We can't predict whether natural gas prices will hold up, but we can report that witness comments at Wednesday's congressional hearing suggested demand would likely remain brisk.

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But while geologists believe the rich Texas gas fields extend across the border, Mexico's state-owned oil monopoly, Pemex, has focused on boosting oil exports and hasn't proved effective at finding natural gas.

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