Innovating to zero! | Bill Gates

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00:16
I'm going to talk today about energy and climate.
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我今天要谈的是能源与气候,这可能有点出人意料
00:20
And that might seem a bit surprising,
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我今天要谈的是能源与气候,这可能有点出人意料
00:22
because my full-time work at the foundation
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毕竟我在基金会的全职工作主要是关于疾病疫苗和农业种苗的
00:25
is mostly about vaccines and seeds,
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00:27
about the things that we need to invent and deliver
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那些的确是需要我们发明传播,以改善世上最贫穷的二十亿人的生活的东西
00:30
to help the poorest two billion live better lives.
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那些的确是需要我们发明传播,以改善世上最贫穷的二十亿人的生活的东西
00:35
But energy and climate are extremely important to these people;
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但事实上,能源和气候对这些人极为重要,事实上,比对地球上其他人更加重要
00:40
in fact, more important than to anyone else on the planet.
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但事实上,能源和气候对这些人极为重要,事实上,比对地球上其他人更加重要
00:45
The climate getting worse means that many years, their crops won't grow:
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气候的持续恶化意味着他们的庄稼将多年无法生长,意味着洪涝或干旱
00:50
there will be too much rain, not enough rain;
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气候的持续恶化意味着他们的庄稼将多年无法生长,意味着洪涝或干旱
00:53
things will change in ways their fragile environment simply can't support.
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这些变化将令他们脆弱的环境无法承受
这些变化将令他们脆弱的环境无法承受
00:59
And that leads to starvation, it leads to uncertainty, it leads to unrest.
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这将导致饥荒,导致动荡,导致社会骚乱
01:04
So, the climate changes will be terrible for them.
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所以,气候变化将给他们带来严重后果,同时,能源价格也对他们至关重要
01:08
Also, the price of energy is very important to them.
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所以,气候变化将给他们带来严重后果,同时,能源价格也对他们至关重要
01:11
In fact, if you could pick just one thing
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事实上,如果只能降低一样东西的价格以减少贫困,你一定会首选能源价格
01:13
to lower the price of to reduce poverty, by far you would pick energy.
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事实上,如果只能降低一样东西的价格以减少贫困,你一定会首选能源价格
01:18
Now, the price of energy has come down over time.
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能源价格随着人类历史进程逐渐下降,先进文明是建立在先进能源的基础上的
01:22
Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.
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能源价格随着人类历史进程逐渐下降,先进文明是建立在先进能源的基础上的
当年的煤炭革命推进了工业革命
01:29
The coal revolution fueled the Industrial Revolution,
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01:32
and, even in the 1900s, we've seen a very rapid decline
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早在二十世纪初,我们就迎来了电价的快速下跌,这就是我们能够享受冰箱空调的原因
01:36
in the price of electricity,
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01:38
and that's why we have refrigerators, air-conditioning;
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早在二十世纪初,我们就迎来了电价的快速下跌,这就是我们能够享受冰箱空调的原因
01:41
we can make modern materials and do so many things.
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我们由此可以拥有各种现代化的事物,能够做各种事情
01:45
And so, we're in a wonderful situation with electricity in the rich world.
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得益于电力,我们能在一个富裕的世界里过着美妙的生活
01:52
But as we make it cheaper -- and let's say,
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但是,当我们进一步降低电价的时候,比如再使其便宜两倍
01:55
let's go for making it twice as cheap --
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01:59
we need to meet a new constraint,
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我们就有了一个新的限制,这个限制与二氧化碳有关
我们就有了一个新的限制,这个限制与二氧化碳有关
02:02
and that constraint has to do with CO2.
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二氧化碳正在使全球变暖,而计算二氧化碳排放的公式其实非常简单明了
02:06
CO2 is warming the planet,
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二氧化碳正在使全球变暖,而计算二氧化碳排放的公式其实非常简单明了
02:09
and the equation on CO2 is actually a very straightforward one.
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02:14
If you sum up the CO2 that gets emitted,
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当前二氧化碳巨大的排放量将导致温度上升
02:18
that leads to a temperature increase,
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当前二氧化碳巨大的排放量将导致温度上升
02:21
and that temperature increase leads to some very negative effects:
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温度的升高将引起一系列非常严重的后果
02:25
the effects on the weather; perhaps worse, the indirect effects,
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比如对天气的直接影响,或对生态系统的间接影响,生态系统无法应对剧烈变化的结果就是生态系统的全面崩溃
比如对天气的直接影响,或对生态系统的间接影响,生态系统无法应对剧烈变化的结果就是生态系统的全面崩溃
02:29
in that the natural ecosystems can't adjust to these rapid changes,
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02:33
and so you get ecosystem collapses.
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比如对天气的直接影响,或对生态系统的间接影响,生态系统无法应对剧烈变化的结果就是生态系统的全面崩溃
02:36
Now, the exact amount of how you map from a certain increase of CO2
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二氧化碳排放增加和温度升高究竟成怎样的关系,两者间的正反馈效应为何?
二氧化碳排放增加和温度升高究竟成怎样的关系,两者间的正反馈效应为何?
02:42
to what temperature will be, and where the positive feedbacks are --
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二氧化碳排放增加和温度升高究竟成怎样的关系,两者间的正反馈效应为何?
02:45
there's some uncertainty there, but not very much.
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这中间有一些不确定因素,但不多
02:48
And there's certainly uncertainty about how bad those effects will be,
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至于全球变暖的具体负面影响有多严重,这无法完全确定,但肯定极其严重
02:51
but they will be extremely bad.
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至于全球变暖的具体负面影响有多严重,这无法完全确定,但肯定极其严重
02:54
I asked the top scientists on this several times:
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我为此多次请教过顶尖的科学家们:我们真的一定要将二氧化碳排放降到零吗?
02:56
Do we really have to get down to near zero?
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我为此多次请教过顶尖的科学家们:我们真的一定要将二氧化碳排放降到零吗?
02:59
Can't we just cut it in half or a quarter?
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减少到一半或四分之一不行吗?
03:02
And the answer is, until we get near to zero,
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他们的回答是,除非我们降到零,否则气温将持续上升,那将是一个巨大的挑战
03:06
the temperature will continue to rise.
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他们的回答是,除非我们降到零,否则气温将持续上升,那将是一个巨大的挑战
03:08
And so that's a big challenge.
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他们的回答是,除非我们降到零,否则气温将持续上升,那将是一个巨大的挑战
03:10
It's very different than saying,
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这不同于让一辆12英尺高的卡车通过限高10英尺的桥,只要想办法挤过去即可
03:12
"We're a twelve-foot-high truck trying to get under a ten-foot bridge,
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这不同于让一辆12英尺高的卡车通过限高10英尺的桥,只要想办法挤过去即可
03:16
and we can just sort of squeeze under."
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03:18
This is something that has to get to zero.
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二氧化碳的排放是要彻底降到零为止
03:22
Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year --
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当前我们每年都排放大量的二氧化碳,总量超过260亿吨
03:26
over 26 billion tons.
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当前我们每年都排放大量的二氧化碳,总量超过260亿吨
03:28
For each American, it's about 20 tons.
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美国人约排放量约20吨,贫穷国家人均不到一吨,全球人均排放量约为5吨
03:32
For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton.
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美国人约排放量约20吨,贫穷国家人均不到一吨,全球人均排放量约为5吨
03:35
It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet.
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美国人约排放量约20吨,贫穷国家人均不到一吨,全球人均排放量约为5吨
03:39
And somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.
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无论如何,我们都要做出改变,直至把这个数字降到零
无论如何,我们都要做出改变,直至把这个数字降到零
03:44
It's been constantly going up.
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这个数字现在还在继续上升中,只有经济波动才稍稍抑制其上升的势头
这个数字现在还在继续上升中,只有经济波动才稍稍抑制其上升的势头
03:47
It's only various economic changes that have even flattened it at all,
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03:51
so we have to go from rapidly rising to falling,
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我们不但要扭转其迅速上升的势头,还要让它下降,并且一路降到零
我们不但要扭转其迅速上升的势头,还要让它下降,并且一路降到零
03:55
and falling all the way to zero.
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03:57
This equation has four factors, a little bit of multiplication.
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这个二氧化碳的公式有四个因素,四者相乘
这个二氧化碳的公式有四个因素,四者相乘
04:01
So you've got a thing on the left, CO2, that you want to get to zero,
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等式左面是二氧化碳排放量,我们的目标是让它降到零
二氧化碳排放=人口总数 X 人均使用的服务量 X 每单位服务平均耗用能源量 X 每单位能源的二氧化碳排放
04:05
and that's going to be based on the number of people,
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04:08
the services each person is using on average,
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二氧化碳排放=人口总数 X 人均使用的服务量 X 每单位服务平均耗用能源量 X 每单位能源的二氧化碳排放
04:11
the energy, on average, for each service,
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二氧化碳排放=人口总数 X 人均使用的服务量 X 每单位服务平均耗用能源量 X 每单位能源的二氧化碳排放
04:14
and the CO2 being put out per unit of energy.
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二氧化碳排放=人口总数 X 人均使用的服务量 X 每单位服务平均耗用能源量 X 每单位能源的二氧化碳排放
04:18
So let's look at each one of these,
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下面让我们逐个来看各个因子,看看怎样才能将等式最终降为零
04:20
and see how we can get this down to zero.
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下面让我们逐个来看各个因子,看看怎样才能将等式最终降为零
04:24
Probably, one of these numbers is going to have to get pretty near to zero.
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显然,我们需要至少一个因子非常接近于零,这是简单的高中代数 (老美高中才学这个?)
04:28
(Laughter)
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显然,我们需要至少一个因子非常接近于零,这是简单的高中代数 (老美高中才学这个?)♫
04:29
That's back from high school algebra.
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04:31
But let's take a look.
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我们来看一下,首先是人口
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First, we've got population.
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我们来看一下,首先是人口
04:35
The world today has 6.8 billion people.
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目前世界上有68亿人,这将继续增长到约90亿人
04:38
That's headed up to about nine billion.
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目前世界上有68亿人,这将继续增长到约90亿人
04:40
Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines,
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如果我们在新疫苗开发、医疗服务、生殖健康方面的工作做得卓有成效的话
04:44
health care, reproductive health services,
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如果我们在新疫苗开发、医疗服务、生殖健康方面的工作做得卓有成效的话
这个数字可能可以减少10%到15%,这样的话综合增长率约为1.3
04:47
we could lower that by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent.
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04:50
But there, we see an increase of about 1.3.
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这个数字可能可以减少10%到15%,这样的话综合增长率约为1.3
04:54
The second factor is the services we use.
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第二个因子是我们使用的服务
04:57
This encompasses everything:
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这包括所有东西:我们吃的食物,穿的衣服,电视,暖气,都是些非常美好的事物
04:59
the food we eat, clothing, TV, heating.
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这包括所有东西:我们吃的食物,穿的衣服,电视,暖气,都是些非常美好的事物
这包括所有东西:我们吃的食物,穿的衣服,电视,暖气,都是些非常美好的事物
05:04
These are very good things.
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05:06
Getting rid of poverty means providing these services
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摆脱贫穷就意味着向地球上每个人提供这些服务,这个因子进一步提高才是好事
05:09
to almost everyone on the planet.
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摆脱贫穷就意味着向地球上每个人提供这些服务,这个因子进一步提高才是好事
05:11
And it's a great thing for this number to go up.
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摆脱贫穷就意味着向地球上每个人提供这些服务,这个因子进一步提高才是好事
05:15
In the rich world, perhaps the top one billion,
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在发达国家里,最富裕的十亿人,或许可以控制消费,减少一些服务享受
05:17
we probably could cut back and use less,
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在发达国家里,最富裕的十亿人,或许可以控制消费,减少一些服务享受
05:19
but every year, this number, on average, is going to go up,
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但总体而言,这个数字将会逐年上升,最终人均享受的服务,将翻一番还不止
但总体而言,这个数字将会逐年上升,最终人均享受的服务,将翻一番还不止
05:24
and so, overall, that will more than double
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05:27
the services delivered per person.
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但总体而言,这个数字将会逐年上升,最终人均享受的服务,将翻一番还不止
05:30
Here we have a very basic service:
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在这一地区,我们享有的服务非常基础:你家里有没有写作业的照明灯光?
05:32
Do you have lighting in your house to be able to read your homework?
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在这一地区,我们享有的服务非常基础:你家里有没有写作业的照明灯光?
05:35
And, in fact, these kids don't,
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这些孩子就没有,所以他们要到外面去,坐在路灯下面写作业
05:37
so they're going out and reading their schoolwork
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这些孩子就没有,所以他们要到外面去,坐在路灯下面写作业
05:39
under the street lamps.
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05:42
Now, efficiency, "E," the energy for each service --
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下面一个因素是效率,也就是每项服务所消耗的能源
05:46
here, finally we have some good news.
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在这一项上我们总算有了些好消息:这一因子不会持续上升
05:48
We have something that's not going up.
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在这一项上我们总算有了些好消息:这一因子不会持续上升
05:50
Through various inventions and new ways of doing lighting,
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通过各种发明和新的照明方法,通过新技术的汽车,新的建筑方式
05:53
through different types of cars, different ways of building buildings --
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通过各种发明和新的照明方法,通过新技术的汽车,新的建筑方式
05:58
there are a lot of services
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我们可以将很多服务所消耗的能源大大降低,个别服务,甚至可以降低百分之九十
06:00
where you can bring the energy for that service down
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我们可以将很多服务所消耗的能源大大降低,个别服务,甚至可以降低百分之九十
06:03
quite substantially.
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06:05
Some individual services even bring it down by 90 percent.
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我们可以将很多服务所消耗的能源大大降低,个别服务,甚至可以降低百分之九十
06:08
There are other services, like how we make fertilizer,
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但另外一些服务,比如化肥生产,航空运输等,可以提升的空间较为有限
但另外一些服务,比如化肥生产,航空运输等,可以提升的空间较为有限
06:12
or how we do air transport,
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06:13
where the rooms for improvement are far, far less.
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但另外一些服务,比如化肥生产,航空运输等,可以提升的空间较为有限
06:17
And so overall, if we're optimistic, we may get a reduction
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所以,综合来看,对这一项的乐观估计为:我们可能能实现三到六倍的下降
所以,综合来看,对这一项的乐观估计为:我们可能能实现三到六倍的下降
06:21
of a factor of three to even, perhaps, a factor of six.
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06:26
But for these first three factors now,
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就已讨论三个因素来说,我们最多将排放量从260吨降到130亿吨,这还远远不够
06:29
we've gone from 26 billion to, at best, maybe 13 billion tons,
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就已讨论三个因素来说,我们最多将排放量从260吨降到130亿吨,这还远远不够
06:34
and that just won't cut it.
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就已讨论三个因素来说,我们最多将排放量从260吨降到130亿吨,这还远远不够
06:36
So let's look at this fourth factor -- this is going to be a key one --
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最后,我们来看第四个因素,也是最关键的一个
最后,我们来看第四个因素,也是最关键的一个
06:40
and this is the amount of CO2 put out per each unit of energy.
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也就是每单位能源所排放的二氧化碳
06:46
So the question is: Can you actually get that to zero?
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我们的问题是,这一因素真的能降到零吗?
06:49
If you burn coal, no.
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烧煤肯定不行,烧气也不行
06:52
If you burn natural gas, no.
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06:54
Almost every way we make electricity today,
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我们现有的所有发电方式都会产生二氧化碳,除了发展中的的可再生能源与核能
06:57
except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2.
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我们现有的所有发电方式都会产生二氧化碳,除了发展中的的可再生能源与核能
07:03
And so, what we're going to have to do at a global scale,
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所以,我们需要在全球范围内建立一个新系统,我们需要能源奇迹
07:06
is create a new system.
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所以,我们需要在全球范围内建立一个新系统,我们需要能源奇迹
07:09
So we need energy miracles.
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所以,我们需要在全球范围内建立一个新系统,我们需要能源奇迹
07:11
Now, when I use the term "miracle," I don't mean something that's impossible.
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虽然我用了“奇迹”一词,但这并不是说这件事是不可能的
微处理器是奇迹,个人电脑是奇迹,互联网及其应用也是奇迹
07:16
The microprocessor is a miracle.
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07:18
The personal computer is a miracle.
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07:20
The Internet and its services are a miracle.
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微处理器是奇迹,个人电脑是奇迹,互联网及其应用也是奇迹
07:23
So the people here have participated in the creation of many miracles.
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也就是说,在座的各位已经目睹甚至参与了很多奇迹的发生
07:28
Usually, we don't have a deadline
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一般来说,我们不会对奇迹的发生设置最后期限
07:30
where you have to get the miracle by a certain date.
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一般来说,我们不会对奇迹的发生设置最后期限
07:32
Usually, you just kind of stand by, and some come along, some don't.
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通常,你只是袖手旁观,有些奇迹就发生了,有些则没有
07:36
This is a case where we actually have to drive at full speed
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但在低碳减排这件事上,我们必须全力以赴去推动,从而在最终期限前实现这一奇迹
07:40
and get a miracle in a pretty tight timeline.
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但在低碳减排这件事上,我们必须全力以赴去推动,从而在最终期限前实现这一奇迹
07:45
Now, I thought, "How could I really capture this?
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我想,我怎样才能更好地呈现这一问题呢?有没有一种自然生动的表达?
07:48
Is there some kind of natural illustration,
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我想,我怎样才能更好地呈现这一问题呢?有没有一种自然生动的表达?
07:50
some demonstration that would grab people's imagination here?"
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有没有某种演示能激发人们的想象力?
07:55
I thought back to a year ago when I brought mosquitoes,
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我回想起一年前我带了些蚊子到这里来,大家好像还蛮喜欢的
07:59
and somehow people enjoyed that.
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我回想起一年前我带了些蚊子到这里来,大家好像还蛮喜欢的
08:01
(Laughter)
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(盖茨在上一次TED演讲上放了一些蚊子以引起与会者对疟疾的关注)
08:03
It really got them involved in the idea of, you know,
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蚊子让那次的与会者真正地意识到:世界上有些人是与蚊子一起生活的
蚊子让那次的与会者真正地意识到:世界上有些人是与蚊子一起生活的
08:07
there are people who live with mosquitoes.
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08:09
With energy, all I could come up with is this.
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所以,今天既然在谈能源,我想到带来这个:萤火虫
08:14
I decided that releasing fireflies
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我决定,放飞萤火虫将是我今年对这里环境做出的贡献
08:17
would be my contribution to the environment here this year.
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我决定,放飞萤火虫将是我今年对这里环境做出的贡献
08:21
So here we have some natural fireflies.
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这是几只天然的萤火虫,据说不咬人,说不定它们都懒得出那个罐子
08:24
I'm told they don't bite; in fact, they might not even leave that jar.
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这是几只天然的萤火虫,据说不咬人,说不定它们都懒得出那个罐子
08:27
(Laughter)
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这是几只天然的萤火虫,据说不咬人,说不定它们都懒得出那个罐子
像萤火虫这样的解决能源问题有奇思妙想有很多,但实际作用相当有限
08:31
Now, there's all sorts of gimmicky solutions like that one,
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but they don't really add up to much.
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像萤火虫这样的解决能源问题有奇思妙想有很多,但实际作用相当有限
08:37
We need solutions, either one or several,
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我们需要的是解决方案,一个或很多个都行,极具规模性和可靠性的解决方案
08:41
that have unbelievable scale and unbelievable reliability.
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我们需要的是解决方案,一个或很多个都行,极具规模性和可靠性的解决方案
我们需要的是解决方案,一个或很多个都行,极具规模性和可靠性的解决方案
08:47
And although there's many directions that people are seeking,
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尽管人们在多方探索,我觉得目前只有五个方向可以有大作为
08:50
I really only see five that can achieve the big numbers.
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尽管人们在多方探索,我觉得目前只有五个方向可以有大作为
08:54
I've left out tide, geothermal, fusion, biofuels.
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我没有包括潮汐、地热、聚变和生物燃料等,那些都将有所贡献
08:59
Those may make some contribution,
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我没有包括潮汐、地热、聚变和生物燃料等,那些都将有所贡献
09:01
and if they can do better than I expect, so much the better.
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如果它们的表现能超过我的预期,当然更好
但关键的是,我们在这五种方式上必须全部大力投入
09:04
But my key point here is that we're going to have to work on
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但关键的是,我们在这五种方式上必须全部大力投入
09:07
each of these five,
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09:09
and we can't give up any of them because they look daunting,
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不能因为他们看似艰巨而放弃,因为它们都包含着严峻的挑战
09:13
because they all have significant challenges.
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不能因为他们看似艰巨而放弃,因为它们都包含着严峻的挑战
09:17
Let's look first at burning fossil fuels,
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首先来看一下化石燃料,烧煤或者烧气
09:19
either burning coal or burning natural gas.
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首先来看一下化石燃料,烧煤或者烧气
09:23
What you need to do there seems like it might be simple, but it's not.
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我们需要做的,说来简单,其实不然
需要采取的措施是把所有燃烧产生的二氧化碳,通过烟囱收集,然后加压、液化,储存
09:27
And that's to take all the CO2,
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09:29
after you've burned it, going out the flue,
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09:32
pressurize it, create a liquid, put it somewhere,
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需要采取的措施是把所有燃烧产生的二氧化碳,通过烟囱收集,然后加压、液化、储存,并保证不泄漏
09:35
and hope it stays there.
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需要采取的措施是把所有燃烧产生的二氧化碳,通过烟囱收集,然后加压、液化、储存,并保证不泄漏
09:37
Now, we have some pilot things
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当前的试验已经能做到60%至80%的水平,但要做到百分之百会十分的困难
09:39
that do this at the 60 to 80 percent level.
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09:41
But getting up to that full percentage -- that will be very tricky.
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当前的试验已经能做到60%至80%的水平,但要做到百分之百会十分的困难
09:45
And agreeing on where these CO2 quantities should be put will be hard,
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并且在哪里储存那么大量的二氧化碳也容易引起争议
09:51
but the toughest one here is this long-term issue:
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最困难的是这是个长期问题
09:54
Who's going to be sure?
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谁能保证它呢?
09:55
Who's going to guarantee
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这些废料体积十亿倍于其它核废料等废品,谁能保证长期安全?
09:57
something that is literally billions of times larger
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than any type of waste you think of in terms of nuclear or other things?
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这些废料体积十亿倍于其它核废料等废品,谁能保证长期安全?
10:04
This is a lot of volume.
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这个二氧化碳的量非常大,所以会十分困难
10:07
So that's a tough one.
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这个二氧化碳的量非常大,所以会十分困难
10:09
Next would be nuclear.
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下一个,核能,同样有三个大问题
10:11
It also has three big problems:
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下一个,核能,同样有三个大问题
10:14
cost, particularly in highly regulated countries, is high;
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它的成本,尤其是在高度管控的国家,非常高
10:18
the issue of safety, really feeling good about nothing could go wrong,
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安全问题,保证一切有条不紊
10:22
that, even though you have these human operators,
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即使有人工操作
10:25
the fuel doesn't get used for weapons.
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即使核燃料不会被用作武器
10:28
And then what do you do with the waste?
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还有核废弃物要怎么处理的问题
10:30
Although it's not very large, there are a lot of concerns about that.
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虽然量并不大,但有很多令人顾虑的地方
好的解决方式必须让人们感到安心
10:34
People need to feel good about it.
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10:35
So three very tough problems that might be solvable,
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这是三个困难但可能可以解决的问题
10:40
and so, should be worked on.
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所以需要继续努力
10:42
The last three of the five, I've grouped together.
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五种能源的最后三个,我会放在一起来讲
10:45
These are what people often refer to as the renewable sources.
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这是人们通常称为可再生能源的三种能源
10:49
And they actually -- although it's great they don't require fuel --
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事实上,它们虽然不需要燃料
10:53
they have some disadvantages.
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但也有不足之处
10:55
One is that the density of energy gathered in these technologies
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首先是这些技术所收集到的能源的密度,要远远小于电厂
11:01
is dramatically less than a power plant.
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首先是这些技术所收集到的能源的密度,要远远小于电厂
11:03
This is energy farming,
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这是能源农业,其规模都是平方公里级的
11:05
so you're talking about many square miles, thousands of times more area
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比常规的发电厂要大几千倍
11:09
than you think of as a normal energy plant.
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11:12
Also, these are intermittent sources.
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还有,这些能源是间歇性的
11:15
The sun doesn't shine all day, it doesn't shine every day,
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太阳不是一整天都有,也不是每天都有
11:18
and likewise, the wind doesn't blow all the time.
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同样,风也不是一直在吹
11:21
And so, if you depend on these sources,
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如果完全依赖这些来源
11:23
you have to have some way of getting the energy
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你还得有其它渠道来获取能源,以度过间歇期
11:26
during those time periods that it's not available.
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你还得有其它渠道来获取能源,以度过间歇期
11:29
So we've got big cost challenges here.
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因此,我们面临巨大的成本问题
11:32
We have transmission challenges;
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还有传输方面的挑战
11:34
for example, say this energy source is outside your country,
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比如说,某个能源来源在国外
你不仅需要能源技术
11:38
you not only need the technology,
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还要应对能源不在国内的相关风险
11:40
but you have to deal with the risk of the energy coming from elsewhere.
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11:44
And, finally, this storage problem.
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最后,是储存的问题
为了让这个问题具体化,我仔细研究了所有现有的电池
11:47
To dimensionalize this,
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11:48
I went through and looked at all the types of batteries made --
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为了让这个问题具体化,我仔细研究了所有现有的电池
11:52
for cars, for computers, for phones, for flashlights, for everything --
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车用的,电脑用的,手机的,手电筒的,所有的东西上用的电池
11:56
and compared that to the amount of electrical energy the world uses.
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把其存储电量与世界每日消耗电能比较
12:01
What I found is that all the batteries we make now
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我发现我们现在制造的所有电池
12:05
could store less than 10 minutes of all the energy.
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只能储存不到10分钟的所有能源
12:09
And so, in fact, we need a big breakthrough here,
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所以,实际上,我们需要一个重大的突破
12:12
something that's going to be a factor of 100 better
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需要一个比现在的技术好一百倍的解决方案
12:16
than the approaches we have now.
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需要一个比现在的技术好一百倍的解决方案
12:18
It's not impossible, but it's not a very easy thing.
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这并不是不可能的,但也不会很容易
12:22
Now, this shows up when you try to get the intermittent source
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这样,我们可以用间歇性能源
12:26
to be above, say, 20 to 30 percent of what you're using.
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提供20%-30%所需的能量
12:30
If you're counting on it for 100 percent,
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但如果你希望100%地依赖它
你需要一个非常高效的奇迹电池
12:33
you need an incredible miracle battery.
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12:38
Now, how are we going to go forward on this -- what's the right approach?
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那么,我们怎么进行下去呢?正确的方法在哪里?
12:41
Is it a Manhattan Project? What's the thing that can get us there?
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这会是一个曼哈顿计划吗?我们怎么才能到达彼岸?
12:45
Well, we need lots of companies working on this -- hundreds.
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我们需要很多公司来共同努力,几百家公司
12:50
In each of these five paths, we need at least a hundred people.
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对五种方法中的每一种,我们都需要至少100人的团队
12:53
A lot of them, you'll look at and say, "They're crazy."
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里面的很多人,你会觉得他们很疯狂,这就对了。
12:56
That's good.
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12:57
And, I think, here in the TED group,
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我认为,在TED团队里
13:00
we have many people who are already pursuing this.
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已经有很多人开始致力于此
13:04
Bill Gross has several companies, including one called eSolar
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比尔格罗斯有好几家公司,其中一个叫eSolar,拥有非常棒的太阳能发热技术
13:08
that has some great solar thermal technologies.
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比尔格罗斯有好几家公司,其中一个叫eSolar,拥有非常棒的太阳能发热技术
维诺德科斯拉投资了几十家公司
13:11
Vinod Khosla is investing in dozens of companies
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13:14
that are doing great things and have interesting possibilities,
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他们的工作非常棒,并提出很有趣的可能性
13:18
and I'm trying to help back that.
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我也计划支持他们的项目
13:20
Nathan Myhrvold and I actually are backing a company
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其实纳珊米赫沃尔德和我已经在支持一家公司
13:24
that, perhaps surprisingly, is actually taking the nuclear approach.
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也许有点让人吃惊,但这个公司是核能方向的
13:28
There are some innovations in nuclear: modular, liquid.
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在核能方面虽然近年有些小创新, 像模具化,液体使用等等
13:32
Innovation really stopped in this industry quite some ago,
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但其实创新在这个行业已经停止有一段时间了
13:36
so the idea that there's some good ideas laying around
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所以现在出现一些好点子不是什么太奇怪的事情
13:39
is not all that surprising.
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13:41
The idea of TerraPower is that, instead of burning a part of uranium --
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Terrapower的想法是:不去烧常规的铀U235
13:47
the one percent, which is the U235 --
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Terrapower的想法是:不去烧常规的铀U235
13:50
we decided, "Let's burn the 99 percent, the U238."
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而是烧剩下的99%,即U238
13:54
It is kind of a crazy idea.
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这是个有些疯狂的想法,但其实,人们已经讨论了很长时间
13:57
In fact, people had talked about it for a long time,
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这是个有些疯狂的想法,但其实,人们已经讨论了很长时间
14:00
but they could never simulate properly whether it would work or not,
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但一直无法很好地模拟出这是否可行
14:04
and so it's through the advent of modern supercomputers
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有了现代超级计算机的不断升级
14:07
that now you can simulate and see that, yes,
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我们现在能做这个模拟,而且可以预见,
14:09
with the right materials approach, this looks like it would work.
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只要用对材料,这方案是可行的
14:15
And because you're burning that 99 percent,
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而且,因为我们烧的是以前丢弃的99%核废料
14:18
you have greatly improved cost profile.
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成本可以极大地降低
14:22
You actually burn up the waste, and you can actually use as fuel
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你实际上是把废料变作燃料
14:26
all the leftover waste from today's reactors.
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再也不用担心该怎样处理现有所有核反应堆的废料,这是个很好的消息
14:29
So instead of worrying about them, you just take that, it's a great thing.
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再也不用担心该怎样处理现有所有核反应堆的废料,这是个很好的消息
14:34
It breeds this uranium as it goes along, so it's kind of like a candle.
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这种技术就像蜡烛一样,逐渐烧尽铀废料
14:38
You see it's a log there, often referred to as a traveling wave reactor.
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过程就如这根柱子所示,通常被称为浪潮反应堆
14:42
In terms of fuel, this really solves the problem.
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燃料的问题解决了
14:46
I've got a picture here of a place in Kentucky.
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这是肯塔基州的一个废料场
14:49
This is the leftover, the 99 percent,
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这就是那些废料,那99%
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where they've taken out the part they burn now,
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这就是U235已耗尽的燃料
被称作耗尽的铀
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so it's called depleted uranium.
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That would power the US for hundreds of years.
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这些可以为全美国供电数百年
14:58
And simply by filtering seawater in an inexpensive process,
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另外,仅仅是通过低成本的海水过滤程序
得到的燃料就足以供应地球下半辈子使用
15:02
you'd have enough fuel for the entire lifetime of the rest of the planet.
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So, you know, it's got lots of challenges ahead,
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你看, 前面还会有很多挑战
15:10
but it is an example of the many hundreds and hundreds of ideas
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但这只是数百种方法中的一个例子
15:15
that we need to move forward.
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需要我们继续推进
15:18
So let's think: How should we measure ourselves?
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想一想,我们要如何衡量我们的成就
15:21
What should our report card look like?
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我们的成绩单应该打多少分?
15:24
Well, let's go out to where we really need to get,
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先来看一下我们的最终目标,再倒推来看我们的中期目标
15:27
and then look at the intermediate.
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先来看一下我们的最终目标,再倒推来看我们的中期目标
15:29
For 2050, you've heard many people talk about this 80 percent reduction.
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已经有很多人在谈到2050年前减碳80%
这真的非常重要,我们必须完成这个目标
15:35
That really is very important, that we get there.
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And that 20 percent will be used up by things going on in poor countries --
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而剩下那20%应是贫穷国家的份额
15:42
still some agriculture; hopefully, we will have cleaned up forestry, cement.
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比如一些农业国家
但愿,我们到时已经清理了伐木业和水泥业
15:48
So, to get to that 80 percent,
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所以,要达到这80%
15:51
the developed countries, including countries like China,
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发达国家,以及中国这些国家
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will have had to switch their electricity generation altogether.
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需要共同改变它们的发电方式
16:00
The other grade is: Are we deploying this zero-emission technology,
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另外一级是,我们是否部署了零排放技术
16:06
have we deployed it in all the developed countries
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我们是否在所有发达国家里都采用了该项技术
16:08
and are in the process of getting it elsewhere?
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并且在向其他地区推广的过程中
16:11
That's super important.
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这点非常重要
16:13
That's a key element of making that report card.
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这是交出优秀答卷的关键因素
16:17
Backing up from there, what should the 2020 report card look like?
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从2050年往回推,我们2020年的成绩应该是怎样呢?
16:22
Well, again, it should have the two elements.
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嗯,一样会有两个部分
16:24
We should go through these efficiency measures to start getting reductions:
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我们应该仔细审查那些衡量效率的标准以开始减少排放
16:28
The less we emit, the less that sum will be of CO2,
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我们排放的越少,二氧化碳总量就越少
16:31
and therefore, the less the temperature.
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温度也就越低
16:33
But in some ways, the grade we get there,
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但从某个角度来说,我们在2020年取得的成绩
16:36
doing things that don't get us all the way to the big reductions,
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做一些有所减排但并非大量减排的事
仅仅等同于,或低轻于另一件事情的重要性
16:41
is only equally, or maybe even slightly less, important than the other,
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which is the piece of innovation on these breakthroughs.
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那就是带来关键突破的那些创新
16:48
These breakthroughs, we need to move those at full speed,
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我们需要全速达成这些技术突破
我们可以用参与的公司的数目,
16:52
and we can measure that in terms of companies,
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pilot projects, regulatory things that have been changed.
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试验项目,或是调控政策的变化 来衡量
16:57
There's a lot of great books that have been written about this.
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关于这个话题有许多很好的书
17:00
The Al Gore book, "Our Choice,"
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比如,戈尔的《我们的选择》
17:03
and the David MacKay book, "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air."
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大卫麦基的《不再炽热的可持续能源》
17:06
They really go through it and create a framework
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他们用心研究, 并且构建了一个框架
便于对该问题的广泛讨论
17:10
that this can be discussed broadly,
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because we need broad backing for this.
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因为我们需要对这一问题的广泛支持
17:14
There's a lot that has to come together.
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需要多方大力协作
17:16
So this is a wish.
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这是一个愿望
17:18
It's a very concrete wish that we invent this technology.
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我们发明这项技术是个非常具体非常现实的愿望
17:22
If you gave me only one wish for the next 50 years --
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如果我能为下个50年许一个愿望
17:25
I could pick who's president,
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我可以选择谁来当总统
17:27
I could pick a vaccine, which is something I love,
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或者选择一个疫苗,那是我热爱的事业
17:30
or I could pick that this thing
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或者选择能源这件事
17:32
that's half the cost with no CO2 gets invented --
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发明出能将能源价格减半并且零排放的技术
17:36
this is the wish I would pick.
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我肯定会选择能源
17:38
This is the one with the greatest impact.
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这将是影响最大的一个
17:40
If we don't get this wish,
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如果我们没法实现这个愿望
17:41
the division between the people who think short term and long term
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考虑短期目标和长期目标的人们之间会有巨大分歧
17:45
will be terrible,
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between the US and China, between poor countries and rich,
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美国与中国,穷国和富国之间, 会有巨大分歧
17:49
and most of all,
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而二十亿人最穷的人中大多数的生活会极大恶化
17:50
the lives of those two billion will be far worse.
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17:54
So what do we have to do?
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那么我们必须做什么?
17:56
What am I appealing to you to step forward and drive?
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我恳求你们参与推动的到底是什么?
18:01
We need to go for more research funding.
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我们应该增加研究资助
18:04
When countries get together in places like Copenhagen,
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在像哥本哈根这样的会议上
各国不应该只讨论二氧化碳减排日程表
18:07
they shouldn't just discuss the CO2.
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18:09
They should discuss this innovation agenda.
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也应该讨论创新的日程表
18:11
You'd be stunned at the ridiculously low levels of spending
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对这些创新方法的投入之低
18:16
on these innovative approaches.
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绝对会让你震惊
18:18
We do need the market incentives -- CO2 tax, cap and trade --
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我们确实需要一些市场激励,二氧化碳税费,限额和交易
18:22
something that gets that price signal out there.
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用这些东西来发出价格信号
18:25
We need to get the message out.
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我们需要把信息传出去
18:26
We need to have this dialogue be a more rational,
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我们应该让这一对话更加理性,更加易于理解
18:29
more understandable dialogue,
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18:30
including the steps that the government takes.
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包括政府所采取的措施
18:33
This is an important wish, but it is one I think we can achieve.
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这是一个重要的愿望,并且我觉得这是一个可以实现的愿望
18:37
Thank you.
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谢谢
18:38
(Applause)
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谢谢
18:48
(Applause ends)
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Thank you.
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谢谢
18:52
Chris Anderson: Thank you. Thank you.
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主持人:谢谢
18:54
(Applause)
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谢谢
18:59
CA: Thank you.
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谢谢,我对Terrapower更了解了
19:01
So to understand more about TerraPower.
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19:05
I mean, first of all, can you give a sense of what scale of investment this is?
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首先,你能大概说下这个投资会是多大规模吗?
19:10
Bill Gates: To actually do the software, buy the supercomputer,
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比尔盖茨:如果只是买超级计算机, 做出软件
19:14
hire all the great scientists, which we've done,
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雇佣优秀的科学家,这些我们已经做到了
19:16
that's only tens of millions.
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大概只用几千万
19:19
And even once we test our materials out in a Russian reactor
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我们甚至去一个俄罗斯的反应堆测试了我们的材料
看看它是否能够正常工作
19:23
to make sure our materials work properly,
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then you'll only be up in the hundreds of millions.
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加起来也不过花费几个亿
19:28
The tough thing is building the pilot reactor --
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最难的是建造试验反应堆
19:31
finding the several billion, finding the regulator, the location
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筹措几十亿,找到管理者,选定地点
19:36
that will actually build the first one of these.
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这样才能建起第一座这样的核电站
19:38
Once you get the first one built, if it works as advertised,
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当你建起第一座后,如果它确实像说的那样有用,
19:42
then it's just clear as day,
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那一切就都简单了,因为它的经济性、能源密度
19:43
because the economics, the energy density, are so different
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与我们所熟悉的核能完全不同
19:47
than nuclear as we know it.
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19:48
CA: So to understand it right,
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主持人:那么,是不是说,这需要往地下建造
19:50
this involves building deep into the ground,
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19:52
almost like a vertical column of nuclear fuel, of this spent uranium,
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一个用这种废弃铀建成的垂直核燃料柱
一个用这种废弃铀建成的垂直核燃料柱
19:57
and then the process starts at the top and kind of works down?
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然后反应从上往下渐进?
20:01
BG: That's right.
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盖茨:没错。现在的核反应堆, 你得不停的重新加燃料
20:02
Today, you're always refueling the reactor,
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so you have lots of people and lots of controls that can go wrong,
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所以有很多人为因素和控制可能出错
20:07
where you're opening it up and moving things in and out --
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你需要打开反应堆, 把核燃料搬进搬出,这些都可能出错,一点儿不保险
20:10
that's not good.
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你需要打开反应堆, 把核燃料搬进搬出,这些都可能出错,一点儿不保险
20:12
So if you have very --
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所以,如果有非常便宜的燃料,一根木柱的大小,就够使用60年
20:13
(Laughter)
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20:14
very cheap fuel that you can put 60 years in --
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20:17
just think of it as a log --
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所以,如果有非常便宜的燃料,一根木柱的大小,就够使用60年
20:19
put it down and not have those same complexities.
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把它放下,没有那些复杂的后果
20:22
And it just sits there and burns for the 60 years, and then it's done.
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放那儿烧个六十年,然后没了
20:27
CA: It's a nuclear power plant that is its own waste disposal solution.
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主持人:那样的核电站本身就是自身废弃物的处理站
20:31
BG: Yeah; what happens with the waste,
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盖茨:没错。这个过程产生的垃圾
20:33
you can let it sit there -- there's a lot less waste under this approach --
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你可以放在那儿,用这种办法只产生很少的废料
20:38
then you can actually take that
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你也可以把它放到另外一个核电站里烧掉
20:40
and put it into another one and burn that.
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你也可以把它放到另外一个核电站里烧掉
20:43
And we start out, actually, by taking the waste that exists today
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我们可以从处理现有核电站产生的垃圾开始
20:47
that's sitting in these cooling pools or dry-casking by reactors --
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那些现在在冷却池或者反应堆旁的干罐里的废物
20:51
that's our fuel to begin with.
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这是我们开始时的燃料
20:53
So the thing that's been a problem from those reactors
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这样,当前那些反应堆自身的麻烦,却成为我们的原料,同时还大大减少了废物
20:56
is actually what gets fed into ours,
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这样,当前那些反应堆自身的麻烦,却成为我们的原料,同时还大大减少了废物
20:58
and you're reducing the volume of the waste quite dramatically
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这样,当前那些反应堆自身的麻烦,却成为我们的原料,同时还大大减少了废物
21:01
as you're going through this process.
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这样,当前那些反应堆自身的麻烦,却成为我们的原料,同时还大大减少了废物
21:03
CA: You're talking to different people around the world
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主持人:你和其他地方的人的谈话中
谈到这些可能性的时候
21:06
about the possibilities.
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21:07
Where is there most interest in actually doing something with this?
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哪些人对实施这件事兴趣最大?
21:10
BG: Well, we haven't picked a particular place,
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盖茨:我们还没有选定一个特定的地方
由于到处都有关于核问题的保密规定
21:15
and there's all these interesting disclosure rules
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21:18
about anything that's called "nuclear."
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21:21
So we've got a lot of interest.
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很多人表示了兴趣
21:23
People from the company have been in Russia, India, China.
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俄罗斯,印度,中国的公司都表现了浓厚的兴趣
21:27
I've been back seeing the secretary of energy here,
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我也曾经在这里找过能源部长
21:29
talking about how this fits into the energy agenda.
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谈论如何将这件事融入能源日程表
21:33
So I'm optimistic.
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总地来说我很乐观,同时,法国和日本已经做了一些工作
21:34
The French and Japanese have done some work.
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21:36
This is a variant on something that has been done.
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这是已有成就的一个变体
21:40
It's an important advance, but it's like a fast reactor,
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这是一个重要的进步,但像一个快速反应堆
21:44
and a lot of countries have built them,
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很多国家已经修建了这样的反应堆
21:46
so anybody who's done a fast reactor is a candidate
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只要你已经有了快速反应堆,就可能成为第一个核垃圾重利用站的建设者
21:48
to be where the first one gets built.
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21:51
CA: So, in your mind,
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主持人:就你看来,实现这一计划的时间跨度和可能性如何?
21:54
timescale and likelihood of actually taking something like this live?
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主持人:就你看来,实现这一计划的时间跨度和可能性如何?
21:59
BG: Well, we need -- for one of these high-scale, electro-generation things
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盖茨:建一个这种大规模的电站,并且成本要非常低
盖茨:建一个这种大规模的电站,并且成本要非常低
22:05
that's very cheap,
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22:06
we have 20 years to invent and then 20 years to deploy.
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我们有20年时间来发明,再有20年时间来执行
22:10
That's sort of the deadline
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这大致也是我们的环境模型所计算出的最终期限
22:12
that the environmental models have shown us that we have to meet.
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这大致也是我们的环境模型所计算出的最终期限
22:17
And TerraPower -- if things go well, which is wishing for a lot --
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如果Terrapower一切顺利的话,当然那样会很不容易,可以很容易地满足这一要求
如果Terrapower一切顺利的话,当然那样会很不容易,可以很容易地满足这一要求
22:23
could easily meet that.
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22:24
And there are, fortunately now, dozens of companies --
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目前还有数十家公司在从事这一事业
22:27
we need it to be hundreds --
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我们需要几百家
22:29
who, likewise, if their science goes well,
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如果它们科研进展顺利
22:31
if the funding for their pilot plants goes well,
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如果他们的试验电站的筹资顺利
22:34
that they can compete for this.
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他们都可以竞争这项任务
22:36
And it's best if multiple succeed,
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如果能够多方成功那是最好
22:38
because then you could use a mix of these things.
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因为这样就可以同时利用多种方式
22:41
We certainly need one to succeed.
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但我们至少需要一种能够成功
22:43
CA: In terms of big-scale possible game changers,
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主持人:如果说到可能的大规模的创新
22:46
is this the biggest that you're aware of out there?
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这个是不是你知道的最大的一个
22:49
BG: An energy breakthrough is the most important thing.
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盖茨:能源的突破是最重要的事
22:53
It would have been, even without the environmental constraint,
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即使没有环境的限制,它还会是最重要的问题
环境的限制使它变得更为突出,更为紧迫
22:56
but the environmental constraint just makes it so much greater.
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In the nuclear space, there are other innovators.
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在核领域,还有其它的创新者
23:03
You know, we don't know their work as well as we know this one,
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但我对他们的工作,我们没有像对这个项目一样清楚
23:06
but the modular people, that's a different approach.
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有些人在模块方面的创新,是另外一种方式
还有一种液态反应堆,实现起来有点困难
23:10
There's a liquid-type reactor, which seems a little hard,
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but maybe they say that about us.
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但也许他们看我们的方式也觉得困难
23:15
And so, there are different ones,
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所以,有很多不同的办法
23:18
but the beauty of this is a molecule of uranium
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但核能的美妙之处在于, 一个铀分子所含的能量是其它能源(比如煤)的一百万倍
23:21
has a million times as much energy as a molecule of, say, coal.
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但核能的美妙之处在于, 一个铀分子所含的能量是其它能源(比如煤)的一百万倍
23:25
And so, if you can deal with the negatives,
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如果能够处理好负面因素,主要是辐射
如果能够处理好负面因素,主要是辐射
23:29
which are essentially the radiation, the footprint and cost,
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其碳排放、成本以及潜能潜能,就其各种因素而言,将是无与伦比的
23:32
the potential, in terms of effect on land and various things,
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其碳排放、成本以及潜能潜能,就其各种因素而言,将是无与伦比的
23:36
is almost in a class of its own.
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其碳排放、成本以及潜能潜能,就其各种因素而言,将是无与伦比的
主持人;如果我们没能成功怎么办?
23:41
CA: If this doesn't work, then what?
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23:44
Do we have to start taking emergency measures
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我们得采取什么紧急措施
23:48
to try and keep the temperature of the earth stable?
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来保证地球温度的稳定?
23:51
BG: If you get into that situation,
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盖茨:如果事情发展到那一步
23:53
it's like if you've been overeating, and you're about to have a heart attack.
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就像吃的太多,可能会得心脏病一样
23:58
Then where do you go?
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怎么办?你可能需要心脏手术之类的
24:00
You may need heart surgery or something.
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24:02
There is a line of research on what's called geoengineering,
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有一种研究叫做地球工程学
24:06
which are various techniques that would delay the heating
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通过各种技术来延缓全球变暖
24:09
to buy us 20 or 30 years to get our act together.
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可以为我们争取20-30年的时间来共同行动
24:12
Now, that's just an insurance policy; you hope you don't need to do that.
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不过,那就像是一个保险政策
你希望你不会用到
24:16
Some people say you shouldn't even work on the insurance policy
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有些人说根本不应该研究保险措施
因为这会使人懈怠
24:19
because it might make you lazy,
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你会持续进食,反正你知道心脏手术可以挽救你
24:21
that you'll keep eating because you know heart surgery will be there to save you.
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考虑到问题的重要性,我不知道这样是否明智
24:25
I'm not sure that's wise, given the importance of the problem,
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现在关于地球工程的讨论
24:28
but there's now the geoengineering discussion
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about: Should that be in the back pocket in case things happen faster,
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应该作为一个后备选择, 以防形势恶化得更快
24:35
or this innovation goes a lot slower than we expect?
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或者技术创新迟于我们的预期
24:40
CA: Climate skeptics:
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主持人:对气候变化论的怀疑者, 如果让你对他们说一两句话
24:42
If you had a sentence or two to say to them,
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你会怎么说服他们?
24:46
how might you persuade them that they're wrong?
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24:50
BG: Well, unfortunately, the skeptics come in different camps.
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盖茨:很不幸,怀疑论者来自不同阵营
24:53
The ones who make scientific arguments are very few.
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他们中很少持有科学证据
24:58
Are they saying there's negative feedback effects
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他们说那些负反馈的结果是由于云的关系
25:01
that have to do with clouds that offset things?
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他们说那些负反馈的结果是由于云的关系
25:03
There are very, very few things that they can even say
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他们极少能举出令人信服的证据
即使是百万分之一的概率
25:07
there's a chance in a million of those things.
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25:09
The main problem we have here -- it's kind of like with AIDS:
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这里的主要问题就像艾滋病
25:12
you make the mistake now, and you pay for it a lot later.
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现在犯错,将来得加倍的承受痛苦
25:16
And so, when you have all sorts of urgent problems,
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因此,当你遇到各种紧要问题时
25:20
the idea of taking pain now that has to do with a gain later,
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现在承受痛苦关系到将来的收益
而且还是个不确定的痛苦
25:24
and a somewhat uncertain pain thing.
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25:26
In fact, the IPCC report -- that's not necessarily the worst case,
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实际上,IPCC(政府间气候变化专门委员会)报告,那还不是最坏的情况
25:32
and there are people in the rich world who look at IPCC and say,
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而且,发达国家也有人看了报告后,说这没什么大不了的
而且,发达国家也有人看了报告后,说这没什么大不了的
25:36
"OK, that isn't that big of a deal."
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25:38
The fact is it's that uncertain part that should move us towards this.
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事实上, 不确定的方面应该促进我们向这方面努力
25:42
But my dream here is that,
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但是我的愿望是, 如果你把能源生产变得经济了,同时也符合二氧化碳排放限制
25:44
if you can make it economic, and meet the CO2 constraints,
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但是我的愿望是, 如果你把能源生产变得经济了,同时也符合二氧化碳排放限制
25:47
then the skeptics say,
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那么怀疑论者会说:好的,虽然我不关心二氧化碳排放的事情
25:49
"OK, I don't care that it doesn't put out CO2,
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那么怀疑论者会说:好的,虽然我不关心二氧化碳排放的事情
25:51
I kind of wish it did put out CO2.
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我甚至还有点希望它会排放二氧化碳
25:53
But I guess I'll accept it,
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但我会采纳这一新方法,因为能源比以前更便宜了
25:54
because it's cheaper than what's come before."
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25:57
(Applause)
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但我会采纳这一新方法,因为能源比以前更便宜了
主持人: 是否可以说,这就是你对比约恩隆伯格的回应
26:02
CA: So that would be your response to the Bjørn Lomborg argument,
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26:05
basically if you spend all this energy trying to solve the CO2 problem,
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也就是说,如果你花所有精力来解决二氧化碳的问题,那就会取代其他目标
26:09
it's going to take away all your other goals
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也就是说,如果你花所有精力来解决二氧化碳的问题,那就会取代其他目标
26:11
of trying to rid the world of poverty and malaria and so forth,
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比如解决世界贫困, 或者疟疾等等的目标
26:14
it's a stupid waste of the Earth's resources
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把钱投到那些领域是对资本的浪费,我们有更重要的事情要做
26:17
to put money towards that
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26:18
when there are better things we can do.
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把钱投到那些领域是对资本的浪费,我们有更重要的事情要做
26:20
BG: Well, the actual spending on the R&D piece --
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盖茨:实际的研发投入其实没多少,虽说美国应该每年多投入100亿在这上面,这应该不会影响其他事情
26:23
say the US should spend 10 billion a year more than it is right now --
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盖茨:实际的研发投入其实没多少,虽说美国应该每年多投入100亿在这上面,这应该不会影响其他事情
26:27
it's not that dramatic.
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盖茨:实际的研发投入其实没多少,虽说美国应该每年多投入100亿在这上面,这应该不会影响其他事情
26:29
It shouldn't take away from other things.
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盖茨:实际的研发投入其实没多少,虽说美国应该每年多投入100亿在这上面,这应该不会影响其他事情
26:31
The thing you get into big money on, and reasonable people can disagree,
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对于需要投巨资的事业, 如果不经济没有回报,对我而言基本是浪费,这点有些人可能持不同意见
26:34
is when you have something that's non-economic
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对于需要投巨资的事业, 如果不经济没有回报,对我而言基本是浪费,这点有些人可能持不同意见
26:36
and you're trying to fund that --
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对于需要投巨资的事业, 如果不经济没有回报,对我而言基本是浪费,这点有些人可能持不同意见
26:38
that, to me, mostly is a waste.
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26:40
Unless you're very close,
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除非你已经很接近成功, 而且你在投资学习曲线,并且它将会变得很便宜
26:42
and you're just funding the learning curve and it's going to get very cheap,
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除非你已经很接近成功, 而且你在投资学习曲线,并且它将会变得很便宜
26:45
I believe we should try more things
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否则,我认为我们应该多方尝试具有低成本潜力的方案
26:48
that have a potential to be far less expensive.
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否则,我认为我们应该多方尝试具有低成本潜力的方案
26:51
If the trade-off you get into is, "Let's make energy super expensive,"
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如果为了解决气候问题,最后让能源变的异常昂贵,贵到只有富人用得起
26:56
then the rich can afford that.
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如果为了解决气候问题,最后让能源变的异常昂贵,贵到只有富人用得起
26:58
I mean, all of us here could pay five times as much for our energy
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对在坐各位来说,如果能源价格提高五倍,还不至于影响我们的生活方式
27:01
and not change our lifestyle.
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对在坐各位来说,如果能源价格提高五倍,还不至于影响我们的生活方式
27:03
The disaster is for that two billion.
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但对地球上那二十亿穷人来说就是个灾难了
27:05
And even Lomborg has changed.
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而且隆伯格的观点已经变了,他的论点现在是,为什么研究没有得到更多的关注
27:07
His shtick now is, "Why isn't the R&D getting more discussed?"
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而且隆伯格的观点已经变了,他的论点现在是,为什么研究没有得到更多的关注
27:12
He's still, because of his earlier stuff,
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基于历史的原因, 他还是属于怀疑论阵营,但是他已经意识到那是个相当孤独的阵营
27:14
still associated with the skeptic camp,
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基于历史的原因, 他还是属于怀疑论阵营,但是他已经意识到那是个相当孤独的阵营
27:16
but he's realized that's a pretty lonely camp,
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基于历史的原因, 他还是属于怀疑论阵营,但是他已经意识到那是个相当孤独的阵营
27:19
and so, he's making the R&D point.
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所以,他开始摆出关于研发方面的观点
27:22
And so there is a thread of something that I think is appropriate.
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我觉得那是一个非常值得探讨的话题,因为对科研的投入之少实在是不可理喻
27:27
The R&D piece -- it's crazy how little it's funded.
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我觉得那是一个非常值得探讨的话题,因为对科研的投入之少实在是不可理喻
27:30
CA: Well, Bill, I suspect I speak on behalf of most people here
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主持人:比尔, 我想这里的大多数人都跟我一样,真心希望你的梦想成真,非常感谢!
主持人:比尔, 我想这里的大多数人都跟我一样,真心希望你的梦想成真,非常感谢!
27:34
to say I really hope your wish comes true.
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27:36
Thank you so much.
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盖茨:谢谢大家
27:37
BG: Thank you.
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27:38
(Applause)
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盖茨:谢谢大家

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