皮肯斯說，隨著全球經(jīng)濟衰退將告結以及能源需求的上漲，在明年年底之前，油價將有望再次以每桶100美元的價格成交。
But Pickens knows he may have an uphill battle to fight as long as energy prices remain low. "As long as you've got cheap oil - see, that is the thing that has absolutely stunted the country, as far as energy is concerned. You have those run-ups and they look at alternatives and they start to talk …
不過皮肯斯知道，由于能源價格仍處低迷狀況，他可能要打一場舉步維艱的仗。 他說：“只要石油價格低廉，你看，從能源角度考慮這絕對是個足以阻礙一個國家的事。油價一旦上漲，人們開始另謀他路，并且談論如何解決這個問題，隨后油價走低，大家都不再討論這一問題。在上世紀70年代，80年代，90年代還有2008年都發(fā)生過類似…