External critics have frequently argued that this cannot be substantiated by firm evidence and say the world has already passed its peak in oil production.

外界批评人士经常辩论说，有确凿的证据显示，这一预测毫无依据，并且表示，世界石油产量早已跨过了高峰期。

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Russia's credit boom is frightening, with lending up by 55% in the past year, but the economy is sheltered by large external and budget surpluses, thanks to high oil prices.

俄罗斯的信贷繁荣令人吃惊，去年增加了55%，但是其经济由于石油高价格形成的高额外部及预算的盈余而得到保护。

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Higher prices for food and oil, as well as other "external shocks" - such as volatile capital flows from the uncertainties in the Middle East - are undermining economic confidence in Asia Pacific.

粮食和原油价格上涨，以及中东动荡局势导致热钱向亚洲涌入等外部因素正在削弱人们对于亚太地区经济复苏的信心。

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The Bank has resisted calls to raise interest rates - seen as the most effective policy tool in combating inflation - on the basis that temporary, external factors, such as rising oil and food costs, are driving price rises.

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Mario Ploner, the managing director of Tecnomeccanica Biellese, says the ship-based system will use external booms running parallel with the vessel's sides to channel oil onto wool that has been spread over the surface of the sea.

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