换句话说，中国要生产食品依靠煤炭，而煤炭业又在积极地与农田争水。
To grow its food, in other words, China relies on an energy source that competes aggressively with farming for water.
清代滏阳河流域各县筑闸引水灌溉农田，但各县存在着激烈的争水矛盾。
Floodgates had been built to irrigate farmlands along the Fuyang River in the Qing Dynasty. Intense struggles over access and use of water among several counties in the region were common.
只要能源价格高居不下，在全球范围内，生物燃料的生产都会与粮食生产争水争地。
As long as energy prices remain high, biofuels will compete with food for land and water across the globe.
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