The 14% solution14%解决方案
Nuclear power thus looks dangerous, unpopular, expensive and risky. It is replaceable withrelative ease and could be forgone with no huge structural shifts in the way the world works. Sowhat would the world be like without it?
有鉴于此,核能看起来既危险而不受欢迎,又昂贵且存在风险。人们可以相对轻松地用其他能源取而代之,而放弃核能又不会对世界的运行模式带来巨大的结构性变化。那么,没有核能的世界又将是怎样一番模样呢?
The most obvious answer is: a bit warmer. In 2009 the worlds electricity generators emittedabout 9 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, out of an industrial total of 30 billion tonnes and agrand total, including deforestation and the effects of other gases, equivalent to some 50billion. Without nuclear power and with other fuels filling in its share pro rata, emissions fromgeneration would have been about 11 billion tonnes. The difference is roughly equal to the totalannual emissions of Germany and Japan combined.
最明显的答案便是:世界将变得更温暖一些。 2009年,全球发电设备共排放二氧化碳90亿吨左右,工业总排放量为300亿吨,而将毁林和其他气体效应包含在内的排放总量约等于500亿吨。当核能被放弃,而其份额被其他燃料按比例填补时,发电所排放的二氧化碳将达到110亿吨左右。两者差额几乎等于德国和日本的年排放总量。
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