And yet the UK could improve its energy security dramatically, because it has enough gas reserves to cover roughly the entirety of its gas consumption for a half-century or more. Moreover, increased UK production would lower world prices, making countries with fewer or no shale-gas resources safer.
但英国可以极大地改善其能源安全，因为它所拥有的天然气储备足以覆盖半个多世纪的天然气消费总量。此外，英国产量的增加能拉低国际价格，让页岩气资源较贫乏的国家也更加安全。当然，任何每年能增加100亿美元而不是减少80亿美元财富的国家，其处理未来问题的境况都会得到改善。