TED演讲:我们该如何逃脱飙升的能源账单?别再用化石燃料了
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| 时间 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 0:08 | In the decades since the world became dependent on oil and gas, | 自从世界依赖石油和天然气以来的几十年中, |
| 0:12 | we've been through cycle after cycle of boom and bust, | 我们经历了循环 循环的繁荣和崩溃, |
| 0:16 | of crisis and recovery. | 危机和复苏。 |
| 0:19 | In the 1970s, the 90s and now in 2022, with Russia's war against Ukraine, | 1970年代,90年代,现在2022年,随着俄罗斯对乌克兰的战争, |
| 0:25 | we find ourselves once again in the grip of soaring fossil fuel prices | 我们再次陷入化石燃料价格飞涨的境地 |
| 0:31 | that have exposed so many countries to deep social and economic strife. | 使许多国家面临深刻的社会和经济冲突。 |
| 0:37 | Instead of the usual cycle of crisis and then return to a fragile status quo, | 而不是通常的危机循环,然后回到脆弱的现状。 |
| 0:43 | this can and must be the last time that we are left so vulnerable. | 这将是我们最后一次处于如此脆弱的境地。 |
| 0:49 | Let me tell you why. | 让我告诉你为什么。 |
| 0:52 | In the last year, we've reached unprecedented clarity | 去年,我们达到了前所未有的清晰度 |
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| 序号 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the decades since the world became dependent on oil and gas, | 自从世界依赖石油和天然气以来的几十年中, |
| 2 | we've been through cycle after cycle of boom and bust, | 我们经历了循环 循环的繁荣和崩溃, |
| 3 | of crisis and recovery. | 危机和复苏。 |
| 4 | In the 1970s, the 90s and now in 2022, with Russia's war against Ukraine, | 1970年代,90年代,现在2022年,随着俄罗斯对乌克兰的战争, |
| 5 | we find ourselves once again in the grip of soaring fossil fuel prices | 我们再次陷入化石燃料价格飞涨的境地 |
| 6 | that have exposed so many countries to deep social and economic strife. | 使许多国家面临深刻的社会和经济冲突。 |
| 7 | Instead of the usual cycle of crisis and then return to a fragile status quo, | 而不是通常的危机循环,然后回到脆弱的现状。 |
| 8 | this can and must be the last time that we are left so vulnerable. | 这将是我们最后一次处于如此脆弱的境地。 |
| 9 | Let me tell you why. | 让我告诉你为什么。 |
| 10 | In the last year, we've reached unprecedented clarity | 去年,我们达到了前所未有的清晰度 |
| 11 | about the fact that there is no room for new fossil fuel infrastructure | 关于没有新的矿物燃料基础设施 |
| 12 | if we are to have a decent shot of limiting the warming of our climate | 如果我们要有一个体面的镜头 限制我们气候变暖 |
| 13 | to 1.5 degrees. | 达到1.5度。 |
| 14 | These warnings have sounded against a terrifying backdrop of climate chaos, | 这些警告是在气候混乱的可怕背景下发出的, |
| 15 | Europe's rivers running dry, | 欧洲的河流干涸, |
| 16 | apocalyptic flooding in Pakistan, | 巴基斯坦天启洪灾, |
| 17 | savage wildfires, heat and drought across the world. | 野蛮的野火, 热和干旱在世界各地。 |
| 18 | The devastation wrought by our warming climate, | 气候变暖造成的破坏, |
| 19 | driven by the burning of oil, gas and coal, | 由石油、天然气和煤的燃烧所驱动, |
| 20 | can no longer be ignored. | 不能再被忽略了。 |
| 21 | At the same time, | 同时, |
| 22 | a new reality also driven by our dependency on fossil fuels | 我们依赖化石燃料也驱动着一个新的现实 |
| 23 | has been playing out in some of the richest countries in the world. | 在世界上一些最富有的国家中 一直在玩耍 |
| 24 | In the UK, millions of people are coming face to face | 在英国,数百万人正面对面 |
| 25 | with the desperate reality behind the term fuel poverty. | 与绝望的现实 背后的贫困。 |
| 26 | We've heard stories about pensioners riding public buses all day to stay warm, | 我们听说养恤金领取人整天坐公共汽车保暖 |
| 27 | of local councils opening warm banks | 地方议会开设温暖的银行 |
| 28 | for people who can't afford to heat their homes. | 给付不起暖房费的人 |
| 29 | Before the UK government announced that it was going to freeze | 在英国政府宣布冻结之前 |
| 30 | the unit price of energy | 能源单价 |
| 31 | in what is considered to be the single most expensive policy announcement | 在被认为是最昂贵的政策公告中 |
| 32 | since the Second World War, | 自第二次世界大战以来, |
| 33 | 40 percent of people living in the UK were expected to be in fuel poverty | 生活在联合王国的40%的人预计将处于燃料贫乏状态 |
| 34 | by the end of this year. | 在今年年底之前。 |
| 35 | Even with that price freeze, | 即使价格冻结 |
| 36 | 6.7 million households will struggle to pay their energy bills. | 670万户家庭将竭力支付能源费用。 |
| 37 | How did we get here? | 我们怎么来的? |
| 38 | Why is the situation so acute? | 为什么局势如此严峻? |
| 39 | The answer is gas. | 答为气. |
| 40 | The UK is exceptionally reliant on gas. | 联合王国特别依赖天然气。 |
| 41 | The vast majority of our homes are gas-heated, | 我们绝大多数的家都是煤气加热的 |
| 42 | and a big chunk of our electricity is generated by gas-fired power stations. | 大量的电力来自燃气发电站 |
| 43 | With that comes extreme vulnerability to international gas prices | 随之而来的是极易受国际天然气价格的影响 |
| 44 | that are now projected to stay unusually high | 现在预计会保持异常高 |
| 45 | until at least 2025. | 直至至少2025年为止。 |
| 46 | In the UK and indeed across Europe, | 在英国乃至整个欧洲, |
| 47 | this is a moment of huge peril | 这是危险的时刻 |
| 48 | and of huge opportunity. | 和巨大的机会。 |
| 49 | As a climate change lawyer and campaigner working in the UK | 作为气候变化律师和运动家在联合王国工作 |
| 50 | and across the global north, | 横跨全球北部, |
| 51 | conversations around fossil fuels in the recent past, | 最近围绕化石燃料的对话, |
| 52 | including about our domestic significant oil and gas industry | 包括我国重要的石油和天然气工业 |
| 53 | here in the UK, | 在英国这里 |
| 54 | those conversations have until recently been | 这些谈话直到最近 |
| 55 | about the impacts of climate change that are wreaking havoc | 关于正在造成严重破坏的气候变化影响 |
| 56 | in other parts of the world | 在世界其他地方 |
| 57 | or about impacts that are portrayed as fleeting in the UK. | 或关于被描述为英国短暂的影响。 |
| 58 | It's been very easy for politicians and the media | 对政客和媒体来说,这很容易 |
| 59 | focused on short-term news cycles to dismiss, | 专注于短期新闻周期 解雇, |
| 60 | but that has now changed forever. | 但它已经永远改变了。 |
| 61 | The only way to address our energy affordability crisis | 解决能源价格危机的唯一途径 |
| 62 | is to address its root cause, | 解决其根源, |
| 63 | and that is our dependency on fossil fuels. | 这就是我们对化石燃料的依赖。 |
| 64 | That's now a common cause not just across the climate movement | 这不仅是整个气候运动的共同事业 |
| 65 | but across sectors working on inequality and poverty as well. | 但也涉及不平等和贫困问题。 |
| 66 | Renewable energy sources, | 可再生能源, |
| 67 | which are our only path away from climate catastrophe, | 这是我们摆脱气候灾难的唯一途径, |
| 68 | sources like solar and wind, | 太阳能和风能 |
| 69 | those are now nine times cheaper than gas | 现在比煤气便宜九倍 |
| 70 | as a source of electricity in the UK. | 作为英国的电力来源. |
| 71 | Moreover, we know that we can significantly reduce | 而且,我们知道,我们可以大大减少 |
| 72 | our energy demand here by upgrading our homes, | 我们在这里的能源需求 通过改善我们的家园, |
| 73 | which are among the coldest and leakiest in Europe. | 是欧洲最冷和最漏水的国家之一。 |
| 74 | While politicians and the fossil fuel industry's proxies | 政客和化石燃料工业的代理人 |
| 75 | might in this moment and indeed are in this moment | 也许在此刻 并且确实在此刻 |
| 76 | trying to double down on fossil fuel production | 试图将化石燃料生产增加一倍 |
| 77 | as a solution to our sky-high energy bills, | 作为解决我们高空能源账单的办法 |
| 78 | they are about to find out in short order | 他们马上就会知道 |
| 79 | that in a moment of acute crisis like this, | 在如此严重的危机中 |
| 80 | when millions of people are experiencing the impacts | 数百万人正经历着 |
| 81 | in such a material and tangible way, | 以如此物质和具体的方式, |
| 82 | there is no room for peddling false hope. | 没有任何空间去兜售虚假的希望。 |
| 83 | There is nowhere to hide. | 无处藏身. |
| 84 | And while oil and gas companies continue to record record profits | 虽然石油和天然气公司继续记录利润 |
| 85 | off the same forces that are driving families all over the UK into despair, | 摆脱那些驱使全英国家庭陷入绝望的势力, |
| 86 | it will become even more clear, incontrovertibly clear, | 它将变得更清楚、更明白。 |
| 87 | that boom times for the oil and gas industry are bad times for the rest of us. | 石油天然气工业的繁荣时期 对我们来说是糟糕的时期 |
| 88 | Across the UK, there are new movements emerging | 整个英国出现了新的运动 |
| 89 | to make sure that we are never put in this position again. | 确保我们不再处于这种地位。 |
| 90 | From campaigns like Warm This Winter to Enough Is Enough | 从温暖的冬天到足够的运动就够了 |
| 91 | to movements to stop the opening up of new oil and gas fields | 停止开放新的石油和天然气田的活动 |
| 92 | like Stop Rosebank | 像停止罗斯班克 |
| 93 | to litigation and targeted advocacy, | 诉讼和有针对性的辩护, |
| 94 | there is a wave of action coming | 行动一波又一波 |
| 95 | to make sure that this is the last cycle. | 确保这是最后一个周期。 |
| 96 | This is the last time. | 这是最后一次。 |
| 97 | This can and must be the last alarm bell to sound | 这可以而且必须是响起的最后一个警钟 |
| 98 | about the true cost of our reliance on fossil fuels | 我们依赖化石燃料的真正代价 |
| 99 | before we step into a more safe, more just future for us all. | 在我们踏入一个更加安全,更加公正的未来之前,我们所有人。 |
| 100 | Thank you. | 谢谢 |
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