However, several experts are highly critical 9 Ausubels conclusions. John Turner of the US governments National Renewable Energy Laboratory says that 10 the US got all of its power from solar energy, it would still need less than half the amount of land that has been paved over for highways. Further, it need not 11 additional land. The US could get a quarter of its energy just from covering rooftops of 12 buildings, he says.
According to Turner, the same dual use also applies to wind power6. The footprint for wind7 is only 5% of the land that it 13 . Farmers can still farm the land that the turbines are on8. Turner says looking solely at land use is an oversimplification of the 14 . Im not sure Id want to build one of these nuclear plants in Afghanistan9, but we could 15 put in wind and solar power, he adds.
词汇:
renewable adj. 可再生的
n. 可再生能源 photovoltaic adj. 光电的
rooftop n. 屋顶
biofuel n 生物燃料 footprint n. 足迹,影响区域
fallout n. 余波,结果 turbine n. 涡轮机
megawatt n. 兆瓦
pasture n. 牧场,牧地 Oversimplification n. 过于简单化
注释:
1. if developed up to large scale production:如果开发达到大规模的程度。 if developed up to large scale production = if developed up to large scale production
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