That, Mr Birol says, "could push back the peak of production, as it would take longer to produce the lower-cost oil that remains to be developed."

比罗尔表示，这“将延迟石油产量峰值到达的时间，并将有待开发的低成本石油的生产周期拉长。”

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In turn, many proponents of "peak oil" theory, the idea that the global rate of oil production has entered a terminal decline, have insisted that the cable confirms their view on resource scarcity.

相应地，许多“石油峰值理论”的支持者认为这封电报恰恰证实了他们关于资源短缺的观点。石油峰值理论认为，全球石油生产率已经进入了最后的衰减期。

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Instead, Bauli hires lots of seasonal workers to work on dedicated production lines: up to 1,200 of them at peak times, more than its permanent staff of around 800.

为保证生产，BAULI公司雇用了大量季节性工人，最多时超过1200人，而BAULI的固定员工，也就在800人左右。

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At the peak of production, he knew whenever he heard the sound of the "bull", the plant's loudspeaker, that his shop would be overrun within minutes by workers.

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Has it recovered its pre-crisis peak of industrial production?

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This is true also of gallium, tellurium and selenium, since all of them are past their production peak, which forewarns of imminent potential production shortages and escalating prices.

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