energy crunch 能源短缺

energy crunch
繁：能源短缺
简：能源短缺

針對能源短缺的問題，各國進行研究多年，希望開發能持久使用，而又潔淨的能源，以應付不斷增長的能源需要。近年，不少國家亦視頁岩氣為新出路，正研究開發。藏在地底的頁岩層的氣油，比其他化石燃料潔淨，而且在全球的蘊藏量多，若成功開發，將會改變現今能源進出口市場，不過其開採成本亦相對高昂，牽涉繁複的技術。

灌水爆石尋能源 頁岩油氣成新寵 （2016年9月12日）。文匯報，取自 http://paper.wenweipo.com/2016/09/12/ED1609120016.htm

Even if the world navigates today’s crisis without an energy shock, a more intractable long-term crisis is brewing. Several countries are already turning their backs on the “nuclear renaissance” and shelving plans for fresh reactors. This implies a need for substitutes that will further strain fossil fuel supplies and bring forward the long-feared energy crunch.

Evans-Pritchard, A. (2011, March 16). World energy crunch as nuclear and oil both go wrong. The Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/globalbusiness/8386829/World-energy-crunch-as-nuclear-and-oil-both-go-wrong.html