And if the price of gas falls so far that drilling becomes unaffordable, Pinedale will not just lose the backbone of its economy. It will have lost some of its natural beauty, too.

如果将来天然气的价格不断下降以至于开采活动已经无法承受的时候，派恩·代尔失去的不仅是经济的基础，同时也会丧失部分当地的美景。

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The Second West-East gas pipeline, when completed, will be connected to more than ten established pipelines in China, and will be a backbone of guarantee in China's oil and gas pipeline system.

西气东输二线全线建成后，将与中国十几条已建成管道相连，在中国油气管网体系中发挥骨干管线的保障作用。

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And since fiber-optic cables are typically run right along with utility pipes--neither phone nor gas companies want to have their lines cut--it's easy to connect a fiber backbone to the gas pipes at the neighborhood level, and beam a signal the final few feet to each home.

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They have carried out kidnappings, mainly outside Algeria, and have never launched a major attack on the oil and gas industry that has long been the backbone of Algeria's economy.

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We use these words as the backbone of a life spent producing gas.

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