It is very important? To reduce the energy consumption of natural gas pipeline during the natural gas transmission, because it consumed a great deal of energy.

天然气长输管道在输送天然气的同时也消耗了大量能源，因此降低其能耗有着十分重要的意义。

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To secure the support of one of the greener senators, Messrs Lieberman and Warner actually expanded its scope to include household consumption of natural gas, which they had planned to exempt.

为了得到参议员中环保人士的支持，Messrs Lieberman和Warner将法案包含的范围扩大到居民的天然气消费——不过会给予豁免。

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Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.

可再生能源只占全球主要能源消耗的一小部分，化石能源仍然占主导地位——煤炭和石油各占30%，天然气占25%。

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After the nasty price shocks and shortages in the 1970s, U.S. industrial consumption of natural gas plunged by 30%.

FORBES: The gas trap

Although the amount of gas used to generate electricity rose 82% between 1997 and 2010, increasing efficiency in appliances that use natural gas has led to declining consumption of gas per customer over time.

FORBES: The Gluttons of Natural Gas

Japan imports nearly all of its oil and natural gas consumption, and the earthquake, having wreaked havoc on select nuclear power facilities, will likely result in a sustained change in the composition of Japanese energy demand, including an increased demand for oil and some refined products.

FORBES: Japanese Oil Demand Likely To Jump