The persistent heat nurtured buoyant demand for residual fuel oil and direct crude burning for power generation, as electricity consumption soared to meet air conditioning demand in the region.

为满足该地区的空调用电需求，电力消费大幅增长，持续的炎热带来了对用于发电的残渣燃料油和原油的强劲需求。

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As New Scientist's Feedback column has noted over the years, these snake-oil salesmen exploit a bafflingly persistent myth, that industrial activity has sucked much of the oxygen out of the air.

正如多年前《新科学家》杂志的反馈专栏所写的那样，这些卖骗人玩意儿的商人们利用一直存在的，令人困惑的却毫无根据的传说来欺骗消费者。 说工业生产吸走了空气中大量的氧气。

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The only way speculation can have a persistent effect on oil prices, then, is if it leads to physical hoarding - an increase in private inventories of black gunk.

投机行为能够对油价具有持续效应的唯一方法就是(如果它会导致实际的囤积行为的话)，增加这种黑色粘滑液体的私人库存。

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"Oil is not persistent - it's not that toxic, " said Dr Kingston.

BBC: Oil spills: What is the long-term damage?

Mr. SHORT: That was a bit of a surprise too, that the oil could be persistent and still toxic sitting here 17 years later.

NPR: Valdez: The Damage Persists, 17 Years Later

With global demand for oil growing by 1-2% a year, there are persistent fears of a supply shock.

ECONOMIST: Oil firms you have never heard of are booming