To generate more of it—and more income—energy companies are resorting to creative measures, eking out every last bit from the gas wells they drill.

为了生产更多的天然气——得到更多的收入——能源公司采取了创造性的措施，竭尽全力从天然气井里钻探出最后一点天然气。

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The reason we've withstood the increase is that consumer income has grown faster than energy expenditures have.

我们能够经受住这种增长的原因在于，消费者收入的增长要比能源消费上的支出快的多。

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"India has gotten its income through very low levels of energy intensity compared to the E.U. or the U.S., " says Girish Sant, a coordinator with the Prayas Energy Group.

琣亚斯能源集团协调员吉里希·桑特说：“印度收入的增加对能源的需求程度与欧盟和美国相比是极低的。”

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The federal government also provides means tested assistance through multiple programs for child care, education, job training, and the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), the Social Services Block Grant, the Community Services Block Grant, and the Legal Services Corporation, among other programs.

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The aides also said the stimulus package could provide funds to help states struggling with their own budgets, as well as infrastructure money, an extension of unemployment benefits, food stamps and more money for low-income energy assistance -- all measures that have passed the House before.

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Increase payments made to households through the existing Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

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