Yet Japans energy problems are far from resolved. If the nuclear freeze lasts for a year, it willcut GDP by an estimated 3.6% and destroy almost 200,000 jobs. Meanwhile, three-fifths of thepublic say they have little confidence in nuclear power.
然而,日本能源危机还远远没有解决。倘若到明年3月,核能仍未能重启的话,预计,GDP将会因此下滑3.6%,20万工作岗位也会随之灰飞烟灭。与此同时,3/5的民众对核能没什么信心。
Japan needs a robust and diverse energy industry. Instead it has ten regional monopolies, which hog 97% of the market for electricity generation and transmission.Residential consumers pay nearly twice as much as Americans and three times as much asSouth Koreans . After modest deregulation began for big commercial users adecade ago, prices plummeted by 16% between 1999 and 2005. Yet lacking political support,the reforms went into reverse.
日本需要一个强劲而又多元化的能源产业。但事与愿违,却崛起了10家区域垄断电力集团,他们把持着全国97%的发电输电市场份额。日本家庭用户上缴的电费几乎是美国人的2倍,韩国人的3倍。十年前,政府开始实施针对大型商业用户的供电适度宽松政策,使得电价在1999到2005年间下滑了16%。然而由于缺少政治支持,供电改革走上回头路。
Electricity prices are high because the monopolieshave little incentive to cut costs. On the contrary,their profit margins are fixed by the government, soif they inflate their costs, they boost their income.At the same time, the utilities charge residentialconsumers a flat rate, giving them no incentive torun appliances during off-peak hours. Alternativeenergy gets short shrift. Although Japanese firmsare leaders in green technologies such as wind, solarand geothermal, these sources account for only 1%of all power generation.
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