The E.U. Commission proposed that member states cut their gas consumption by 15 percent amid fears of supply shortages.

由于担心供应短缺，欧盟委员会建议成员国将天然气使用量减少 15%。

Until recently, however, economists would have said that their impact on fuel consumption was minor and their impact on gas consumption uncertain.

然而，经济学家们称，设定价格上限对燃料消耗的影响微乎其微，对汽油消耗的影响也不能确定，直到最近他们才改口。

The Federal Network Agency will then decide which firms must reduce gas consumption and by how much.

然后，联邦网络局将决定哪些公司必须减少天然气消耗量以及减少多少。

And the eu did avoid a recession, even though gas consumption in the 12 months to February was 15% lower than a year earlier.

欧盟确实避免了经济衰退，尽管截至 2 月份的 12 个月内天然气消费量比去年同期下降了 15%。

Industry accounts for 37% of Germany's gas consumption, a third more than the eu average—not counting the gas-fired electricity it gets from the grid (see chart).

工业占德国天然气消费的 37%，比欧盟平均水平高出三分之一——这还不包括它从电网获得的燃气电力（见图表）。