A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Carbon
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
毅力之于人的性格，正如碳之于钢。
The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.
事实上，化石燃料的碳将在地表气候系统中存在上千年。
The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally.
低碳经济正处于全球正在发生的结构性转变的前沿。
As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change.
众所周知，为碳污染定价是应对危险气候变化成本最低、效率最高的方法。
Coal is responsible for as much atmospheric carbon dioxide as other fossil fuels combined and it still has far greater reserves. We must stop using it.
煤炭在大气中的二氧化碳排放量与其他化石燃料的排放量之和相当，而且煤炭的储量还要大得多。我们必须停止使用它。
If coal is going to be used, the only response - because it is the dirtiest of all fuels - is that we have to learn how to do carbon capture and storage and we have to learn how to do it quickly on a commercial scale.
如果要使用煤炭，唯一的反应——因为煤炭是所有燃料中最脏的——是我们必须学会如何进行碳捕获和储存，我们必须学会如何快速地在商业规模上实现这一点。