苏联将应用美国技术来发展输煤管道,以便把煤从储量极为丰富的西伯利亚输送到工业化的白俄罗斯。西欧专家怀疑苏联在本世纪末建立一套远程输煤管道系统的能力。但是,他们认为,苏联之所以急于另寻煤炭输送方法,是为了减轻国家铁路系统的负担。 The Soviet Union will apply U.S. technology to develop coal-handling pipelines to transport coal from the vastly enriched Siberia to industrialized Belarus. Western European experts doubt the Soviet Union’s ability to establish a long-distance coal-conveying pipeline system by the end of this century. However, they believe that the reason why the Soviet Union is eager to find alternative ways of transporting coal is to reduce the burden on the national railway system.