面对石油价格不断上涨的态势,共和党提出的100美元税款折扣方案遭到了否决。任何应对石油价格上涨的有力措施都必须客观地承认现实情况,那就是世界石油储备正在减少。自1980年以来世界油产量就超过了新发现的储量,这种差距还在不断增大。2004年世界产油量接近310亿桶,而新发现的石油储量还不到800万桶。我们真正要做的是减少石油的使用,而不是通 The face of rising oil prices trend, the Republican proposed $ 100 tax rebate program was rejected. Any effective measures to deal with rising oil prices must objectively recognize the reality that the world oil reserves are declining. The world oil production has surpassed the newly discovered reserves since 1980 and the gap is still widening. World oil production in 2004 was close to 31 billion barrels, while the newly discovered oil reserves were less than 8 million barrels. What we really want to do is reduce the use of oil, not pass