Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source—such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway—a lot of energy is lost during transmission.

在美国，照明约占总耗电量的7%。由于照明通常远离电源——例如从发电厂到偏远公路上的路灯——因此大量的能源在传输过程中会损失掉。

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China accounts for 35% of global rice production and 2/5 of total domestic grain production. About 55% of rice yield is consumed directly as cooked rice. Only 6% is used for processing in China.

我国稻米总产量占世界总产的35％，占粮食总产量的2／5左右，约55％的大米作为口粮直接消费，加工用米仅占总产的6％。

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As the cooling process accounts for 40% of the power consumed in data centers, vendors are innovating and testing techniques to reduce the operational expenditure associated.

冷却流程占数据中心的电力消耗的4成，供应商进行为了削减相关的运用成本的技术的开发、实验。

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Lighting also accounts for a significant share of the electricity consumed by the typical U.S. household.

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In the United States, artificial lighting accounts for roughly 40% of the energy consumed annually by commercial buildings.

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Right now, wastewater treatment accounts for roughly three percent of the electricity consumed in the U.S. but not for long.

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