Yergin starts by reminding us of energy’s centrality to the modern age.

耶金开篇就提醒读者能量对当今世界的重要性。

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Mr. Yergin turns to the Japanese, who have rarely had abundant natural resources.

日本几乎不拥有任何自然资源。

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The best translation of “mottainai, ” Mr. Yergin writes, is “too precious to waste.”

尤金写道：“对这个词最好的释意，也许是，太过珍惜而不忍浪费。”

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Yet these threats seem to be dwarfed, in Mr Yergin's analysis, by global warming.

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But Yergin assembles the pieces and provides us mere mortals with a clear view.

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As Yergin reminds us, oil output is 60% higher today than it was in the 1970s.

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