Ofgem says the amount sold in this way remains pitifully low. The regulator is considering forcing companies to trade at least 25% of their power on the longer-term market.

英国能源监管机构称长期市场上拍卖的电力仍然少的可怜，所以他们正在考虑强制各公司把25%的能源用于长期市场的交易。

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However well you understand the complexity of choice, and the trade-offs it involves between short - and long-term gains, it's hard not to make certain mistakes.

不管你如何了解选择的复杂性，以及短期和长期的利益之间的权衡，你还是很难避免犯某些特定的错误。

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Some will start leasing the tools of their trade on short-term contracts. Others will simply buy instead of lease, predicts Deloitte, an accounting firm.

据德勤会计师事务所预测，一些企业会以短期合约模式租借必要的生产工具，另一些则干脆以买代租。

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Some farmers who are not in the program have begun adopting organic farming techniques in hopes of joining small organic cooperatives that are beginning to negotiate long-term contracts with European organic and fair-trade wholesalers.

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What of the other term in the terms of trade?

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

First, existing models of short-term trade finance for producer groups can be replicated and scaled, while encouraging commercial banks to follow.

FORBES: Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance

Thus, one analyst suggests anybody wanting to take a longer-term spread trade in favor of platinum might consider tip-toeing into a position rather than racing full speed ahead.

FORBES: Platinum/Gold Spread Offers Trading Opportunity, But Timing Could Be Difficult