It would be easy to assume it skyrocketed as  production peaked and goods became cheaper.

人们很容易假设它随着产量达到顶峰和商品变得更便宜而飙升。

In 1972, the United States reaches peak production and is forced to import oil to meet its increasing needs.

1972 年， 美国石油产量达到顶峰， 被迫进口石油以满足日益增长的需求。

The peak production of the chemicals, based on studies done in Germany and Japan, occurs around midnight and then it starts to taper off about four o'clock in the morning, he said.

基于德国和日本的研究表明化学物质的产生高峰期出现在午夜, 然后它大约在早晨4点钟开始逐渐减少, 他说道。

And in the meantime, things weren't looking very good because, by 1974, the gigantic Permian Basin in Texas had reached its peak production and was providing nearly one-fourth of America's entire supply of oil.

与此同时，情况并不乐观，因为到 1974 年，德克萨斯州巨大的二叠纪盆地已经达到了产量的顶峰，提供了美国全部石油供应量的近四分之一。