Profits can be made when energy is rationed or subsidized, but only within an economy operating at lower, or even negative, growth rates. This means that over the longer term, everyone will be competing for a piece of a pie that is smaller than it would have been without energy rationing.
我们有必要认清总体状况。当能源实行配额或者补贴时仍然可以产生利润，但前提是经济陷入低速增长，甚至是负增长之中。这意味着从长远来看，每个人都会为争得一块实行能源配给后缩水的馅饼而拼命竞争。