I think that once people understand the great risks that climate change poses, they will naturally want to choose products and services that cause little or no emissions of greenhouse gases, which means 'low-carbon consumption.' This will apply across the board, including electricity, heating, transport and food.

  • -- Nicholas Stern 尼古拉斯·斯特恩

我认为,一旦人们认识到气候变化带来的巨大风险,他们自然会选择温室气体排放很少或没有排放的产品和服务,这意味着“低碳消费”。这将适用于所有领域,包括电力、供暖、运输和食品。

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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。

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.

一个不能归结为日常经验的微小变化的概念,就像一种不能兑换为消费品的货币;它不是一个象征,而是一个骗局。

The greatly increased consumption of alcoholic beverages is very largely a direct result of the increased purchasing power created by wartime expenditures.

酒精饮料消费量的大幅增加很大程度上是战时开支增加购买力的直接结果。

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

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。