大多数公用事业公司并直面这个问题，而是试图通过增加电站的燃烧效率使得消耗每一公吨煤炭或制造每一公吨二氧化碳时能够获取更多的电能。
Most utilities tackle the problem indirectly, by attempting to improve the efficiency of their plants, and so to squeeze more electricity from each tonne of coal consumed or carbon dioxide produced.
公用事业、零售商、汉堡店及其他群体都争先恐后地期望成为电动车、混合动力车的充电站，其中一些业已成为市场测试的现场充电站。
Already, utilities, retailers, hamburger joints and others are scrambling to prepare for the swarm of electric and hybrid vehicles, and several are market-testing on-site charging stations.
公用事业部门希望在那些接受核电、并已现有核电站的地方新建反应堆，以回避这一难题。
Utilities like to skirt such problems by putting new reactors near existing ones, where locals accept nuclear power.
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