A cap on the cost-of-living adjustment, for example, would be a nightmare for pensioners were inflation to flare up, because they would have no way of making up the loss in their purchasing power.

比如，如果通胀爆发，那么对于生活成本上限的调整将成为靠养老金生活的人的恶魔，因为他们对于自身购买力的失去将无计可施。

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There is also talk of a more limited cap-and-trade system, covering the power utilities, which are reconciled to the idea, but excluding the oil industry, which is still fiercely resisting it.

还有一种说法：更为有限的“总量管制和排放交易”体系，控制着发电站，和这个想法一致，但是要排除强烈反对它的石油工业。

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The bill’s title (the “American Power Act”) obscures a crucial fact: it is still a cap-and-trade bill that seeks to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 17% on 2005 levels by 2020, and 83% by 2050.

法案的名称（美国能源法案）掩盖了一个关键的事实：以2005年为基年，它计划在2020年二氧化碳减排17%，2050年减排83%，但仍旧是通过碳排放限额交易机制实现的。

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