Let's launch a satellite to track a threatening greenhouse gas | Fred Krupp

Prevodilac: Katarina Čolić Lektor: Ivana Krivokuća

We've got a big problem on our hands with global warming.

Imamo veliki problem što se tiče globalnog zagrevanja.

A lot of you, a lot of people have been watching the floods,

Mnogo vas, mnogi ljudi su bili svedoci poplava,

the droughts, the storms, the fires.

suša, oluja, požara.

When I leave this stage today, I don't want you to have hope.

Kada danas siđem sa bine, ne želim da gajite nadu.

I want you to have certainty, real certainty

Želim da budete sigurni, zaista sigurni u to

that we can make a dent in this problem and live to see it.

da možemo da napravimo pomak u rešavanju ovog problema i doživimo da ga vidimo.

I want to give you a vision of what that would look like.

Želim da vam dam viziju toga kako bi to izgledalo.

This is the first time we've shared this publicly.

Po prvi put delimo ovo javno.

You're the first audience to hear it.

Vi ste prva publika koja će to čuti.

We are going to launch a rocket.

Lansiraćemo raketu.

And on that rocket will be a satellite.

A na toj raketi će biti satelit.

And that satellite will collect data about pollution

I taj satelit će prikupljati podatke o zagađenju

that is warming the planet.

koje zagreva našu planetu.

We will put that data in the hands of people

Zatim ćemo te podatke dati ljudima

who can make simple fixes

koji će primeniti jednostavna rešenja,

that will change the course of global warming in our lifetime.

a ona će promeniti tok globalnog zagrevanja u naše doba.

That's a lot to take in, maybe I should back up.

To je bilo previše informacija, trebalo bi da se malo vratim.

First, let me introduce myself, I'm Fred,

Za početak, da se predstavim, ja sam Fred

I've been an environmentalist since I was a kid,

i zaštitnik sam životne sredine od malih nogu,

when I watched the fish and the frogs in my neighborhood pond

otkada sam posmatrao kako ribe i žabe u jezeru u mom komšiluku

die from a chemical spill.

umiru od izliva hemijskih materija.

That bothered me.

To mi je smetalo.

Later, a professor inspired me to think about environmentalism differently.

Kasnije me je jedan profesor inspirisao

da drugačije posmatram zaštitu životne sredine.

How the best solutions come from

Kako najbolja rešenja nastaju

answering people's aspirations for prosperity,

kao odgovor na težnje ljudi za napretkom,

things like being safe and healthy and thriving in this world.

da budu sigurni, zdravi i uspešni u ovom svetu.

So I joined the Environmental Defense Fund to build those kind of solutions.

Pridružio sam se Fondu za zaštitu životne sredine

kako bih dolazio do tih rešenja.

And I've worked my whole career for a moment like this --

I celog života sam radio za trenutak kao što je ovaj –

the moment, when we can stop fighting headwinds

trenutak kada možemo da prestanemo da idemo naspram vetra

and start to have the wind at our backs.

i dobijemo vetar u leđa.

Because of the power of information,

Usled moći informacija,

information from technology

informacija putem tehnologije,

that is coming down in price and going up in precision.

čija cena se smanjuje, a preciznost povećava.

You see, there's something about climate change that we didn't grasp

Vidite, postoji nešto u vezi sa klimatskim promenama

što nismo razumeli do pre samo deset godina.

just a decade ago.

The world was so focused on carbon dioxide

Svet je bio toliko fokusiran na ugljen-dioksid

that we overlooked another important gas.

da smo prevideli drugi važan gas.

We didn't appreciate methane.

Zaboravili smo na metan.

Methane pollution causes one quarter of the global warming

Zagađenje izazvano metanom uzrokuje četvrtinu globalnog zagrevanja

that we're experiencing right now.

koje je prisutno danas.

Pound for pound, its immediate impact is far greater than carbon dioxide.

Malo po malo, njegov direktan uticaj je daleko veći od uticaja ugljen-dioksida.

Eighty four times greater over a 20-year period.

Osamdeset četiri puta veći tokom perioda od 20 godina.

One of the largest sources of methane pollution

Jedan od najvećih izvora zagađenja metanom

is the oil and gas industry.

je industrija nafte i gasa.

But that's not obvious, because methane is invisible.

Međutim, to nije očigledno jer je metan nevidljiv.

Let's take a look at this natural gas storage facility

Pogledajmo ovo skladište prirodnog gasa

outside of Los Angeles.

izvan Los Anđelesa.

Can you see the methane?

Vidite li metan?

Neither can I.

Ne vidim ni ja.

How about now?

A sada?

We shot this using an infrared camera, at the same spot,

Napravili smo ovaj snimak infracrvenom kamerom na istom mestu,

exposing one of the worst methane leaks in the history of the United States.

prikazavši jedno od najkritičnijih curenja metana u istoriji Sjedinjenih Država.

That's a very different picture.

Potpuno drugačija slika.

It turns out that natural gas is displacing our dependence on coal,

Ispostavlja se da prirodni gas zamenjuje našu zavisnost od uglja,

which emits far more carbon dioxide.

koji emituje mnogo više ugljen-dioksida.

But natural gas is mostly methane.

Ali prirodni gas je većinom metan.

So, as it's produced and processed

Stoga, tokom procesa proizvodnje i prerade

and transported to homes and businesses across America,

kao i transporta u domove i kancelarije širom Amerike,

it escapes from wells and pipes and other equipment.

gas „pobegne” kroz bušotine, cevi i drugu opremu.

It gets up into the sky and contributes

Zatim odlazi u atmosferu i doprinosi

to the disasters that we're now experiencing.

katastrofama kroz koje sad prolazimo.

That does not have to happen.

To se ne mora dogoditi.

But nobody had paid much attention to it

Međutim, niko nije previše mario za to

until we launched a nationwide study to understand the problem.

dok nismo sproveli studiju na nivou države kako bismo razumeli problem.

We used drones, planes, helicopters, even Google Street View cars.

Korišćeni su dronovi, avioni, helikopteri, pa i Guglova vozila za slikanje ulica.

It turns out there's far more of this methane pollution

Zagađenost metanom je, zapravo, veća

than what the government is reporting.

od one o kojoj nas vlada obaveštava.

It also turns out that when we find where the gas is being vented and leaked,

Takođe se ispostavlja da, kada pronađemo mesto curenja gasa,

most of those sources can be fixed easily and inexpensively,

većina tih izvora curenja se može popraviti lako i jeftino,

saving the gas that would have otherwise been wasted.

i time se uštedeti gas koji bi inače bio protraćen.

And finally, we learn that when you put information like that into people's hands,

I na kraju, kada se takva informacija podeli sa ljudima,

they act.

oni delaju.

Leading companies replaced valves and tightened loose-fitting pipes.

Vodeće kompanije zamenile su ventile i zategle labave cevi.

Colorado became the first state in the nation to limit methane pollution;

Kolorado je prva zemlja koja je ograničila zagađenje metanom;

California followed suit, and the public joined in.

Kalifornija je sledila taj primer, a uključila se i javnost.

Tweets started flying -- #cutmethane.

Tviter su preplavile objave – #cutmethane.

And everybody's paying more attention now.

I svi obraćaju više pažnje na to.

We're doing this because we can't wait for Washington, especially not now.

Radimo to jer ne možemo da čekamo na Vašington, posebno ne sada.

In fact, we have to take what we've done so far

Zapravo, trebalo bi da iskoristimo sve do sada urađeno

and go higher, to the sky.

i vinemo se u nebo.

The United Stated represents about 10 percent of this pollution.

Sjedinjene Države su zaslužne za približno 10% ovog zagađenja.

To find the rest, we have to go global.

Da bismo našli ostatak, moramo se aktivirati na svetskom nivou.

Remember that rocket I mentioned?

Sećate se rakete koju sam pomenuo?

It will launch a compact satellite, called MethaneSAT,

Lansiraće kompaktni satelit, MethaneSAT,

to do what no one has been able to do until now:

koji će uraditi nešto što niko do sada nije mogao:

measure methane pollution from oil and gas facilities worldwide,

izmeriće zagađenje metanom uzrokovano naftnim i gasnim objektima širom sveta,

with exacting precision.

i to vrlo precizno.

Its data stream will allow us to map that pollution,

Njegovi podaci će nam omogućiti da mapiramo to zagađenje,

so that everyone can see it.

tako da svi mogu da vide.

Then it's all about turning data into action,

Zatim je potrebno da te podatke sprovedemo u delo,

just as we did in the United States.

kao što smo uradili u SAD-u.

We've seen that when we present companies with data,

Videli smo da, kada kompanijama predstavimo podatke,

many of them will cut the pollution.

mnoge od njih će smanjiti zagađenje.

Citizens will be empowered to take action;

Podstaknućemo građane da preduzmu akciju;

governments will tighten the regulations.

vlade će pooštriti propise.

And because all of our data will be free and public,

I zbog toga što će svi naši podaci biti besplatni i javni,

there will be transparency --

postojaće transparentnost –

we'll all be able to see how much progress is being made and where.

moći ćemo da vidimo koliki smo napredak ostvarili i gde.

Which brings me to our goal:

Što me dovodi do našeg cilja:

to cut this methane pollution by 45 percent by 2025.

da smanjimo zagađenje metanom za 45% do 2025. godine.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

That will have the same near-term impact

To će imati isti kratkoročni efekat

as shutting down 1,300 coal-fired power plants.

kao isključivanje 1 300 elektrana na ugalj.

That's one third of all the coal-fired power plants in the world.

To je jedna trećina svih elektrana na ugalj u svetu.

Nothing else can have this sort of near-term impact at such a low cost.

Ništa nema takav kratkoročni efekat po tako niskoj ceni.

The fact that a single satellite

Činjenica da samo jedan satelit

can help us put the brakes on global warming is truly remarkable.

može da nam pomogne da zaustavimo globalno zagrevanje je zaista izvanredno.

This is our chance to create change in our lifetimes,

Ovo je naša šansa da ostvarimo promenu tokom svog životnog veka,

and we can do it now.

i to možemo sada.

Thanks to the generous giving of the Audacious Project,

Zahvaljujući velikodušnoj donaciji projekta „Odvažnost”,

we are on a path toward liftoff.

nalazimo se na putu uspeha.

But my time is running short, and I promised you a vision

Vreme mi ističe, a obećao sam vam viziju

of what a critical piece of the solution would look like.

toga kako će izgledati najbitniji deo rešenja.

Can you see it?

Vidite li?

Can you see how this satellite leverages

Vidite li kako satelit crpi

the best of science and data and technology?

sve ono najbolje iz nauke, podataka i tehnologije?

Can you see we're entering a whole new era of innovation

Vidite li da stupamo u čitavu novu eru inovacije

that is supercharging progress?

koja umnogome ubrzava napredak?

Can you see that it's in our hands?

Vidite li da je u našim rukama?

We've set an aggressive goal of three years till liftoff,

Postavili smo agresivan cilj da lansiranje bude za tri godine,

and when that satellite is ready, we'll have a launch party.

a kada satelit bude spreman, imaćemo žurku za lansiranje.

A literal launch party.

Bukvalno žurku za lansiranje.

So imagine a blue-sky day, crowds of people,

Zamislite vedar dan, gomilu ljudi,

television cameras,

televizijske kamere,

kids staring up toward the sky

decu koja gledaju u nebo

at a thing that will change their future.

u nešto što će promeniti njihovu budućnost.

What an amazing day that will be.

Biće to neverovatan dan.

What a big opportunity we have.

Kakvu sjajnu priliku imamo.

I can't wait.

Jedva čekam.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)