Gasoline accounts for half of a student's living costs. Some university worried that some students would be forced to leave school if the price hike continued.

由于汽油费几乎占大学生开支的一半，一些大学担心，油价若继续上涨，一些学生会被迫退学。

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Although gasoline comprises nearly half of all petroleum production in the United States, a wide range of fuels and specialty oils come out of a modern-day oil refinery.

在美国，尽管汽油产量将近占石油总产品的一半，但各种各样的燃料和特种油走出现代炼油厂。

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Similarly, compressed natural gas gives roughly the same mileage per litre of fuel, but costs only about half the price of regular gasoline.

同样，压缩天然气给大致相同的里程每升的燃料，但成本只有大约半数的普通汽油的价格。

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It seems kind of crazy, because natural gas is about half the price of gasoline (on a per gallon basis) right now.

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While Earth-Policy says that hybrids could slash U.S. gasoline use in half, it also points out that the same usage of plug-in hybrids over the same period of time could result in gasoline usage being cut by 70 percent.

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