The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation.

  • -- Spencer Abraham 亚伯拉罕

对电力的需求是一个强大的,不断增长的经济是太大了,不能简单地抵消更多的节约。

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Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.

电有两种,正电和负电。我想,不同之处在于,一辆车会贵一点,但更耐用;另一种是更便宜的东西,但是飞蛾会进去。

It's pretty obvious that Western lifestyles which rely on gigantic amounts of electricity use up far more resources than a subsistence-based life. A little more poverty would be a good thing.

很明显,依赖大量电力的西方生活方式消耗的资源远远超过以生存为基础的生活方式。多一点贫困是一件好事。