The countries of the Middle East might seem like the last places that would embrace non-hydrocarbon energy sources.

中东也许是世界上最后一块接受非烃类燃料能源的土地了。

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Any simple alcohol is composed of a number of carbon and hydrogen atoms (like a hydrocarbon such as petrol) together with a single oxygen atom.

任何一种简单醇类都是有大量的碳分子和氢分子(如同碳氢化合物，譬如汽油)以及单个氧原子组成。

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Hydrogen and carbon monoxide can then be blended into syngas, a replacement for current hydrocarbon-based combustibles like gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

氢气和一氧化碳混合能够合成一种混合气体，可以用来替代当前普遍使用的烃基燃料，比如汽油、柴油以及喷气机燃油等。

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Any simple alcohol is composed of a number of carbon and hydrogen atoms (like a hydrocarbon such as petrol) together with a single oxygen atom.

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By analysing the isotopic composition of hydrocarbon molecules from plant waxes of the period, he found what looks like a spike in the amount of recently non-biological carbon (which has a distinctive ratio of light isotopes to heavy ones), lasting between 10, 000 and 20, 000 years.

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