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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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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Yergin, the founder of a leading energy consulting firm, is the author of several acclaimed books, most notably “The Prize, ” a monumental history of oil from its discovery to 1990.

耶金是一家领先能源咨询公司的创建人，写过几本广受赞誉的书，其中《石油风云》最为著名。 这是一部关于石油的鸿篇巨制，讲述石油从被发现到1990年的历史。

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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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