美国商业大亨传奇 第21期:复仇者的崛起(4)

John Rockefeller sees their actions as a declaration of war,
约翰·洛克菲勒将他们的这一举动看成是向他宣战，
and he's not going down without a fight.
他不会不战而逃。
John Rockefeller had the ruthlessness
约翰·洛克菲勒的残酷无情
that sometimes come from utter conviction
有时来自于他坚定的信仰，
that what he was doing was right, and not just correct,
他认为自己做的是对的，不仅正确，
but divinely inspired,
而且是上天授意的，
and the people who opposed him
反对他的人
weren't really entitled to their point of view,
没有权利主张自己的观点，
because their point of view was wrong.
因为他们的观点是错误的。
It was almost as though
在他看来这就像是
they had turned aside God's grace.
这些人在躲避上帝的恩典。
Well, if you turn aside God's offer of grace,
好吧，如果你不接受上帝的恩典，
then expect no mercy.
那就别指望获得垂怜。
Rockefeller is determined to find another way to transport his oil.
洛克菲勒决定找到其他运油的方式。
He knows if he can't, the railroads will win.
他知道如果他找不到，那些铁路公司就赢了。
Rockefeller's solution again comes from the most unlikely of places.
又一次洛克菲勒的解决方案来自于一个不可能的地方。
So we can increase the yield of the kerosene,
那么我们可以提高煤油的产量，
but then we get more of the volatile waste.
但是之后挥发性废物的产量也会增多。
We can burn some of it off as fuel in the refinery,
我们可以将其中一些用作炼油厂的燃料，
but its high flammability creates a storage problem.
但是其高易燃性会造成存储问题。
When we get to higher temperatures
温度较高时
we can start creating the lubing oils.
我们可以开始生成润滑油。
I'll need to reconfigure the refinery.
我将需要重新配置炼油厂。
Oil in the refinery is moved using large pipes,
炼油厂的油是通过大型管道运输的，
and Rockefeller realizes
洛克菲勒意识到
if those pipes can transport oil over short distances,
既然管道能够短距离运油，
they could also be used over longer distances.
那他们也能进行长距离运输。
If Rockefeller can build a pipeline large enough,
如果洛克菲勒能建一个足够大的管道系统，
he'll be able to cut the railroads out of the oil business, for good.
他就能够将铁路公司踢出他的石油生意，一劳永逸。