If more money is spent on oil, then less money will be available to spend on other goods.

如果花费在石油上的钱越多，那么能花在其他商品上的钱就会越少。

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The giant oil firm spent six years trying to figure out the best way to comply with the "Equator principles", an ambitious set of goals for avoiding harm to nature and indigenous people.

这个石油巨头为了符合赤道原则——一系列旨在防止损害自然以及当地居民生活的进取性基准，花了六年时间来寻找最佳解决办法。

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The giant oil firm spent six years trying to figure out the best way to comply with the “Equator principles”, an ambitious set of goals for avoiding harm to nature and indigenous people.

这个石油巨头为了符合赤道原则——一系列旨在防止损害自然以及当地居民生活的进取性基准，花了六年时间来寻找最佳解决办法。

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Meeting with residents and business owners, and accompanied by state and local officials, the president spent the day visiting oil spill response and coordination centers in Mississippi and Alabama.

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It's measured by a trade deficit where as much as 20 percent of what we spend on imports is spent on oil.

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As a tradeoff to environmentalists, Bush said upfront fees paid by oil companies to access the ANWR reserves would be spent on research into alternative energy sources, and royalties generated by ANWR oil sales would be spent on conservation efforts.

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Of the rest, 80% is earmarked for spending on education, health, rural development, infrastructure, environmental and water management, and 5% is to be spent in the oil-producing region.

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