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  • I'm going to talk today about energy and climate.

    今天我要談的是關於能量和氣候。 I'm going to talk today about energy and climate.

  • And that might seem a bit surprising because

    這或許有點讓人意外,因為你們也知道 And that might seem a bit surprising because

  • my full-time work at the foundation is mostly about vaccines and seeds,

    我在基金會全職的工作主要關於疫苗和種子, my full-time work at the foundation is mostly about vaccines and seeds,

  • about the things that we need to invent and deliver

    這些急需要發明且散佈的事情 about the things that we need to invent and deliver

  • to help the poorest two billion live better lives.

    以幫助20億貧民過更好生活。 to help the poorest two billion live better lives.

  • But energy and climate are extremely important to these people,

    但是能源和氣候對這些人也極其重要, But energy and climate are extremely important to these people,

  • in fact, more important than to anyone else on the planet.

    實際上,比對地球其他人來說更重要。 in fact, more important than to anyone else on the planet.

  • The climate getting worse, means that many years their crops won't grow.

    氣候變得更壞,使得他們的穀物將有很多年無法成長。 The climate getting worse, means that many years their crops won't grow.

  • There will be too much rain, not enough rain.

    有時將有太多雨,有時將會雨量不足。 There will be too much rain, not enough rain.

  • Things will change in ways

    所有改變的方式 Things will change in ways

  • that their fragile environment simply can't support.

    以他們脆弱環境實在難以支撐。 that their fragile environment simply can't support.

  • And that leads to starvation. It leads to uncertainty. It leads to unrest.

    結果將導致飢餓。 導致不確定的恐慌和動亂。 And that leads to starvation. It leads to uncertainty. It leads to unrest.

  • So, the climate changes will be terrible for them.

    因此,氣候變化對於他們是十分可怕的。 So, the climate changes will be terrible for them.

  • Also, the price of energy is very important to them.

    此外,能源的價格對他們非常重要。 Also, the price of energy is very important to them.

  • In fact, if you could pick just one thing to lower the price of,

    實際上,如果你僅僅能挑一件東西降低價格, In fact, if you could pick just one thing to lower the price of,

  • to reduce poverty, by far, you would pick energy.

    以降低貧困,目前能源是最佳選項。 to reduce poverty, by far, you would pick energy.

  • Now, the price of energy has come down over time.

    現下,能源的價格已經下降好長一段時間。 Now, the price of energy has come down over time.

  • Really, advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.

    真的,人類的文明進步是基於能量的進展。 Really, advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.

  • The coal revolution fueled the industrial revolution,

    煤的革命點燃工業革命, The coal revolution fueled the industrial revolution,

  • and, even in the 1900's we've seen a very rapid decline in the price of electricity,

    並且,在20世紀我們看見電力的價格迅速下降。 and, even in the 1900's we've seen a very rapid decline in the price of electricity,

  • and that's why we have refrigerators, air-conditioning,

    因此我們才能擁有冰箱,空調系統, and that's why we have refrigerators, air-conditioning,

  • we can make modern materials and do so many things.

    並且能製造進步的材料及那麼多東西。 we can make modern materials and do so many things.

  • And so, we're in a wonderful situation with electricity in the rich world.

    也因此,我們處於一個有電力的美好富足世界。 And so, we're in a wonderful situation with electricity in the rich world.

  • But, as we make it cheaper -- and let's go for making it twice as cheap --

    如果,當我們使它更便宜 --讓我們努力使它兩倍便宜 -- But, as we make it cheaper -- and let's go for making it twice as cheap --

  • we need to meet a new constraint,

    我們就必須面臨新的限制, we need to meet a new constraint,

  • and that constraint has to do with CO2.

    這限制就是CO2(二氧化碳)。 and that constraint has to do with CO2.

  • CO2 is warming the planet,

    CO2使地球變暖, CO2 is warming the planet,

  • and the equation on CO2 is actually a very straightforward one.

    而描述CO2的方程式實際上是非常直觀的。 and the equation on CO2 is actually a very straightforward one.

  • If you sum up the CO2 that gets emitted,

    如果你把所有排出的CO2加起來, If you sum up the CO2 that gets emitted,

  • that leads to a temperature increase,

    那就會導致溫度增加, that leads to a temperature increase,

  • and that temperature increase leads to some very negative effects.

    而溫度增加進而導致一些負面效果。 and that temperature increase leads to some very negative effects.

  • The effects on the weather and, perhaps worse, the indirect effects,

    這效應對天氣有影響,更糟的是或許是其他間接的效應 The effects on the weather and, perhaps worse, the indirect effects,

  • in that the natural ecosystems can't adjust to these rapid changes,

    我們的自然生態系統不能適應這些迅速的變化, in that the natural ecosystems can't adjust to these rapid changes,

  • and so you get ecosystem collapses.

    生態系統因而崩潰。 and so you get ecosystem collapses.

  • Now, the exact amount of how you map

    現在對於精確的數據對應 Now, the exact amount of how you map

  • from a certain increase of CO2 to what temperature will be

    例如在CO2的增加量與溫度上昇幅度的對應 from a certain increase of CO2 to what temperature will be

  • and where the positive feedbacks are,

    以及是否有正向的回饋的存在 and where the positive feedbacks are,

  • there's some uncertainty there, but not very much.

    有些不確定性但不算太多 there's some uncertainty there, but not very much.

  • And there's certainly uncertainty about how bad those effects will be,

    當然對於這些效應有多糟的看法,也有不確定性 And there's certainly uncertainty about how bad those effects will be,

  • but they will be extremely bad.

    但方向上一定是相當糟的 but they will be extremely bad.

  • I asked the top scientists on this several times,

    我好幾次就這議題問過幾位頂尖的科學家, I asked the top scientists on this several times,

  • do we really have to get down to near zero?

    我們真的必須將CO2減量至幾近零嗎? do we really have to get down to near zero?

  • Can't we just cut it in half or a quarter?

    只降一半或降至四分之一呢? Can't we just cut it in half or a quarter?

  • And the answer is that, until we get near to zero,

    而答案是直到我們降至零之前, And the answer is that, until we get near to zero,

  • the temperature will continue to rise.

    溫度還是繼續升高。 the temperature will continue to rise.

  • And so that's a big challenge.

    所以這是一大挑戰。 And so that's a big challenge.

  • It's very different than saying we're a 12 ft high truck trying to get under a 10 ft bridge,

    這跟如何讓一輛12英尺高的卡車穿過一座10英尺高的橋完全不同, It's very different than saying we're a 12 ft high truck trying to get under a 10 ft bridge,

  • and we can just sort of squeeze under.

    我們只能用力向下緊壓 and we can just sort of squeeze under.

  • This is something that has to get to zero.

    要減量到零,有些事情必須考量。 This is something that has to get to zero.

  • Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year,

    現在,我們每年排出許多二氧化碳, Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year,

  • over 26 billion tons.

    超過260億公頓。 over 26 billion tons.

  • For each American, it's about 20 tons.

    大約是每名美國人20公頓。 For each American, it's about 20 tons.

  • For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton.

    對窮國的人們來說,每人不到一公頓。 For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton.

  • It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet.

    地球上每人的平均大約5 公頓。 It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet.

  • And, somehow, we have to make changes

    不管如何,我們都必須改變 And, somehow, we have to make changes

  • that will bring that down to zero.

    以減量到零。 that will bring that down to zero.

  • It's been constantly going up.

    它一直不斷上升。 It's been constantly going up.

  • It's only various economic changes that have even flattened it at all,

    曾有各種各樣的經濟變化使它的趨勢平緩, It's only various economic changes that have even flattened it at all,

  • so we have to go from rapidly rising

    因此我們必須努力從迅速上升的趨勢 so we have to go from rapidly rising

  • to falling, and falling all the way to zero.

    開始讓它下降,並且一路下降到零。 to falling, and falling all the way to zero.

  • This equation has four factors.

    這個方程式有四個因子。 This equation has four factors.

  • A little bit of multiplication.

    及簡單的相乘。 A little bit of multiplication.

  • So, you've got a thing on the left, CO2, that you want to get to zero,

    因此,左式有一因子CO2,你想要它趨於零, So, you've got a thing on the left, CO2, that you want to get to zero,

  • and that's going to be based on the number of people,

    而那必須基於「人口的數量」, and that's going to be based on the number of people,

  • the services each person's using on average,

    「平均每人享用的服務」, the services each person's using on average,

  • the energy on average for each service,

    「每種服務的平均的能源」, the energy on average for each service,

  • and the CO2 being put out per unit of energy.

    及「單位能源排出的CO2」。 and the CO2 being put out per unit of energy.

  • So, let's look at each one of these

    現在,讓我們逐一審視 So, let's look at each one of these

  • and see how we can get this down to zero.

    並且想想我們如何能把這變成零。 and see how we can get this down to zero.

  • Probably, one of these numbers is going to have to get pretty near to zero.

    或許,這些數字之一必須讓它趨近於零。 Probably, one of these numbers is going to have to get pretty near to zero.

  • Now that's back from high school algebra,

    現在讓我們複習中學的代數, Now that's back from high school algebra,

  • but let's take a look.

    讓我們瞧瞧。 but let's take a look.

  • First we've got population.

    首先是人口。 First we've got population.

  • Now, the world today has 6.8 billion people.

    現下,世界有約68億人。 Now, the world today has 6.8 billion people.

  • That's headed up to about nine billion.

    未來預計增到大約90億。 That's headed up to about nine billion.

  • Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines,

    現在,如果我們在新疫苗發展上有不錯的進展, Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines,

  • health care, reproductive health services,

    包括醫療保健,生育保健服務 health care, reproductive health services,

  • we could lower that by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent,

    或許會降低約10~15% we could lower that by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent,

  • but there we see an increase of about 1.3.

    但目前是增加約1.3% but there we see an increase of about 1.3.

  • The second factor is the services we use.

    第2 個因子是我們使用的服務。 The second factor is the services we use.

  • This encompasses everything,

    這包含了所有的事情, This encompasses everything,

  • the food we eat, clothing, TV, heating.

    我們吃的食品,衣服,電視,暖氣。 the food we eat, clothing, TV, heating.

  • These are very good things,

    這些是非常好的東西, These are very good things,

  • and getting rid of poverty means providing these services

    提供這些服務某種程度表示脫離了貧困 and getting rid of poverty means providing these services

  • to almost everyone on the planet.

    如果能遍及地球上所有的人。 to almost everyone on the planet.

  • And it's a great thing for this number to go up.

    增加這數量其實是好事 And it's a great thing for this number to go up.

  • In the rich world, perhaps the top one billion,

    在富有的世界,或許前10億人口, In the rich world, perhaps the top one billion,

  • we probably could cut back and use less,

    我們或許能縮減享受以減少用量, we probably could cut back and use less,

  • but every year, this number, on average, is going to go up,

    但是每年,這平均數目是上升的, but every year, this number, on average, is going to go up,

  • and so, over all, that will more than double

    整體說來,將來會成為兩倍以上 and so, over all, that will more than double

  • the services delivered per person.

    提供每人所享有的服務量 the services delivered per person.

  • Here we have a very basic service.

    現在我們來談一項非常基本的服務。 Here we have a very basic service.

  • Do you have lighting in your house to be able to read your homework,

    你房子內有照明讓你能做你的家庭作業嗎? Do you have lighting in your house to be able to read your homework,

  • and, in fact, these kids don't, so they're going out

    實際上,很多孩子沒有,因此他們必須到屋外 and, in fact, these kids don't, so they're going out

  • and reading their school work under the street lamps.

    並且在路燈下研讀他們的功課。 and reading their school work under the street lamps.

  • Now, efficiency, E, the energy for each service,

    再來,講到效率,E,指每種服務所需的能量, Now, efficiency, E, the energy for each service,

  • here, finally we have some good news.

    總算有一些好消息。 here, finally we have some good news.

  • We have something that's not going up.

    某些事情並沒有增加。 We have something that's not going up.

  • Through various inventions and new ways of doing lighting,

    透過各式各樣的發明和製作照明設備的新方法, Through various inventions and new ways of doing lighting,

  • through different types of cars, different ways of building buildings.

    透過不同的汽車類型,建築大樓的不同方法。 through different types of cars, different ways of building buildings.

  • there are a lot of services where you can bring

    有許多你所使用的服務 there are a lot of services where you can bring

  • the energy for that service down quite substantially,

    整體而言已大幅降低消耗的能量 the energy for that service down quite substantially,

  • some individual services even, bring it down by 90 percent.

    某些項目甚至降了幾乎90% some individual services even, bring it down by 90 percent.

  • There are other services like how we make fertilizer,

    但仍有不少項目如肥料製造 There are other services like how we make fertilizer,

  • or how we do air transport,

    及空中運輸等 or how we do air transport,

  • where the rooms for improvement are far, far less.

    能夠改善的空間實在不大 where the rooms for improvement are far, far less.

  • And so, overall here, if we're optimistic,

    因此概括的看,如果我們是樂觀主義者 And so, overall here, if we're optimistic,

  • we may get a reduction of a factor of three to even, perhaps, a factor of six.

    我們有可能降低到三分之一,甚或到六分之一 we may get a reduction of a factor of three to even, perhaps, a factor of six.

  • But for these first three factors now,

    但是現在對這些前3 個因素來說, But for these first three factors now,

  • we've gone from 26 billion to, at best, maybe 13 billion tons,

    我們或許充其量從260億降到130億公頓, we've gone from 26 billion to, at best, maybe 13 billion tons,

  • and that just won't cut it.

    且很難再往下降 and that just won't cut it.

  • So let's look at this fourth factor --

    因此讓我們看第4因素 -- So let's look at this fourth factor --

  • this is going to be a key one --

    這將是關鍵的一項 -- this is going to be a key one --

  • and this is the amount of CO2 put out per each unit of energy.

    每消耗單位能量所排出的CO2的數量。 and this is the amount of CO2 put out per each unit of energy.

  • And so the question is, can you actually get that to zero?

    問題是,你真的能讓它趨於零? And so the question is, can you actually get that to zero?

  • If you burn coal, no.

    燃燒煤,不可能。 If you burn coal, no.

  • If you burn natural gas, no.

    燃燒天然氣,不可能。 If you burn natural gas, no.

  • Almost every way we make electricity today,

    幾乎我們今天用來發電的任一方法, Almost every way we make electricity today,

  • except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2.

    除了新興的再生能源和核能,都會排出CO2。 except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2.

  • And so, what we're going to have to do at a global scale,

    因此,我們以全球性角度考量將來必須做的, And so, what we're going to have to do at a global scale,

  • is create a new system.

    是創建一新系統。 is create a new system.

  • And so, we need energy miracles.

    我們需要能源奇蹟。 And so, we need energy miracles.

  • Now, when I use the term miracle, I don't mean something that's impossible.

    我這裡使用奇蹟這個詞,並不意味著不可能發生。 Now, when I use the term miracle, I don't mean something that's impossible.

  • The microprocessor is a miracle. The personal computer is a miracle.

    微處理器是一個奇蹟。 個人電腦是一個奇蹟。 The microprocessor is a miracle. The personal computer is a miracle.

  • The internet and its services are a miracle.

    網際網路及其各項服務是一個奇蹟。 The internet and its services are a miracle.

  • So, the people here have participated in the creation of many miracles.

    因此,在場各位已經共同參與創造過很多奇蹟。 So, the people here have participated in the creation of many miracles.

  • Usually, we don't have a deadline,

    通常,我們不設期限, Usually, we don't have a deadline,

  • where you have to get the miracle by a certain date.

    不要求你必須在某天讓奇蹟出現。 where you have to get the miracle by a certain date.

  • Usually, you just kind of stand by, and some come along, some don't.

    通常,你只要努力準備好,有些會發生,有些則沒有。 Usually, you just kind of stand by, and some come along, some don't.

  • This is a case where we actually have to drive full speed

    但在這件事上我們必須加足馬力 This is a case where we actually have to drive full speed

  • and get a miracle in a pretty tight time line.

    並在緊迫的時限內創造出奇蹟 and get a miracle in a pretty tight time line.

  • Now, I thought, how could I really capture this?

    現在,我在想,我如何才能辦得到? Now, I thought, how could I really capture this?

  • Is there some kind of natural illustration,

    是否有自然的圖示 Is there some kind of natural illustration,

  • some demonstration that would grab people's imagination here?

    或其他現成的範例可以讓人們想像? some demonstration that would grab people's imagination here?

  • I thought back to a year ago when I brought mosquitos,

    我回想起一年前我帶一罐蚊子來到這裡 I thought back to a year ago when I brought mosquitos,

  • and somehow people enjoyed that.

    人們似乎覺得有趣 and somehow people enjoyed that.

  • (Laughter)

    (笑聲) (Laughter)

  • It really got them involved in the idea of,

    這確實讓他們了解到 It really got them involved in the idea of,

  • you know, there are people who live with mosquitos.

    不少人與蚊子生活在一起 you know, there are people who live with mosquitos.

  • So, with energy, all I could come up with is this.

    所以,關於能源,我所能想到的就是這個 So, with energy, all I could come up with is this.

  • I decided that releasing fireflies

    我決定放些螢火蟲 I decided that releasing fireflies

  • would be my contribution to the environment here this year.

    這可能是今年我對環境所做的貢獻 would be my contribution to the environment here this year.

  • So here we have some natural fireflies.

    所以我們將有一些天然的螢火蟲 So here we have some natural fireflies.

  • I'm told they don't bite, in fact, they might not even leave that jar.

    我被告知這不會咬人,事實上,它們可能根本無法離開罐子 I'm told they don't bite, in fact, they might not even leave that jar.

  • (Laughter)

    (笑聲) (Laughter)

  • Now, there's all sorts gimmicky solutions like that one,

    現在有許多花拳繡腿的解決方案就如同剛剛的示範 Now, there's all sorts gimmicky solutions like that one,

  • but they don't really add up to much.

    而它們實際的貢獻不大 but they don't really add up to much.

  • We need solutions, either one or several,

    我們需要一個以上的方案 We need solutions, either one or several,

  • that have unbelievable scale

    必須具有不可置信的規模 that have unbelievable scale

  • and unbelievable reliability,

    以及難以想像的可靠性, and unbelievable reliability,

  • and, although there's many directions people are seeking,

    雖然人們正追尋很多的方向, and, although there's many directions people are seeking,

  • I really only see five that can achieve the big numbers.

    我只看見5種方式,可能達到足夠的需求。 I really only see five that can achieve the big numbers.

  • I've left out tide, geothermal, fusion, biofuels.

    我已經放棄潮汐、地熱、核融合及生質能 I've left out tide, geothermal, fusion, biofuels.

  • Those may make some contribution,

    這些當然都能有些貢獻 Those may make some contribution,

  • and if they can do better than I expect, so much the better,

    但是必須比我預期的好很多、非常多才會有希望 and if they can do better than I expect, so much the better,

  • but my key point here

    我要說的重點是 but my key point here

  • is that we're going to have to work on each of these five,

    我們將必須持續做這5項 is that we're going to have to work on each of these five,

  • and we can't give up any of them because they look daunting,

    我們不能因為氣餒而放棄它們 and we can't give up any of them because they look daunting,

  • because they all have significant challenges.

    也不能因為有各項顯著挑戰而放棄 because they all have significant challenges.

  • Let's look first at the burning fossil fuels,

    讓我們首先看石化燃料, Let's look first at the burning fossil fuels,

  • either burning coal or burning natural gas.

    無論是燃煤或者燒天然氣。 either burning coal or burning natural gas.

  • What you need to do there, seems like it might be simple, but it's not,

    必需要做的好像很簡單,但是實際很困難, What you need to do there, seems like it might be simple, but it's not,

  • and that's to take all the CO2, after you've burned it, going out the flue,

    必須在燃燒後將CO2從煙中取出 and that's to take all the CO2, after you've burned it, going out the flue,

  • pressurize it, create a liquid, put it somewhere,

    加壓液化並放置於某處 pressurize it, create a liquid, put it somewhere,

  • and hope it stays there.

    並希望能保存在那兒 and hope it stays there.

  • Now we have some pilot things that do this at the 60 to 80 percent level,

    我們有一些先端的研究顯示可以做到百分之60到80的水準, Now we have some pilot things that do this at the 60 to 80 percent level,

  • but getting up to that full percentage, that will be very tricky,

    但是做到全部, 那將非常難, but getting up to that full percentage, that will be very tricky,

  • and agreeing on where these CO2 quantities should be put will be hard,

    此外選擇這些CO2同意存放的地點也將是艱難的課題, and agreeing on where these CO2 quantities should be put will be hard,

  • but the toughest one here is this long term issue.

    但是最困難的是長期的問題。 but the toughest one here is this long term issue.

  • Who's going to be sure?

    誰能確定? Who's going to be sure?

  • Who's going to guarantee something that is literally billions of times larger

    誰又能對比核廢料或其他廢料多數十億倍的東西 Who's going to guarantee something that is literally billions of times larger

  • than any type of waste you think of in terms of nuclear or other things?

    提出保證? than any type of waste you think of in terms of nuclear or other things?

  • This is a lot of volume.

    這體積十分可觀 This is a lot of volume.

  • So that's a tough one.

    因此艱困可期 So that's a tough one.

  • Next, would be nuclear.

    接著談到核能 Next, would be nuclear.

  • It also has three big problems.

    也有三個大問題。 It also has three big problems.

  • Cost, particularly in highly regulated countries, is high.

    成本花費,特別是在嚴格管制的國家,是相對高的。 Cost, particularly in highly regulated countries, is high.

  • The issue of the safety, really feeling good about nothing could go wrong,

    關於安全的問題,不會出錯聽起來感覺不錯, The issue of the safety, really feeling good about nothing could go wrong,

  • that, even though you have these human operators,

    但仍究有人為操作的問題, that, even though you have these human operators,

  • that the fuel doesn't get used for weapons.

    核燃料也不能用於武器 that the fuel doesn't get used for weapons.

  • And then what do you do with the waste?

    然後,如何處理廢料? And then what do you do with the waste?

  • And, although it's not very large, there are a lot of concerns about that.

    雖然它不是非常多,但是許多人在意此議題。 And, although it's not very large, there are a lot of concerns about that.

  • People need to feel good about it.

    人們必須感到安心。 People need to feel good about it.

  • So three very tough problems that might be solvable,

    這三個非常棘手的問題可能是能解決的 So three very tough problems that might be solvable,

  • and so, should be worked on.

    因此,應該持續努力。 and so, should be worked on.

  • The last three of the five, I've grouped together.

    這五個中的其他三項,我打算一同討論。 The last three of the five, I've grouped together.

  • These are what people often refer to as the renewable sources.

    這些是人們經常提到的所謂再生能源。 These are what people often refer to as the renewable sources.

  • And they actually -- although it's great they don't require fuel --

    他們實際上 -- 雖然它們很偉大,他們不需要燃料 -- And they actually -- although it's great they don't require fuel --

  • they have some disadvantages.

    但仍有一些不利條件。 they have some disadvantages.

  • One is that the density of energy gathered in these technologies

    其一是這些技術所能蒐集能源的密度 One is that the density of energy gathered in these technologies

  • is dramatically less than a power plant.

    大幅的少於一座電廠。 is dramatically less than a power plant.

  • This is energy farming, so you're talking about many square miles,

    這是能源農場,因此談的是好幾平方英里, This is energy farming, so you're talking about many square miles,

  • thousands of time more area than you think of as a normal energy plant.

    數千倍於你所能想到一個一般電廠的區域。 thousands of time more area than you think of as a normal energy plant.

  • Also, these are intermittent sources.

    此外,這些是間歇能源。 Also, these are intermittent sources.

  • The sun doesn't shine all day, it doesn't shine every day,

    太陽光並非整天都有,也不是每日都能普照, The sun doesn't shine all day, it doesn't shine every day,

  • and, likewise, the wind doesn't blow all the time.

    同樣,風也不是颳吹無歇。 and, likewise, the wind doesn't blow all the time.

  • And so, if you depend on these sources,

    因此,若你要依賴於這些能源, And so, if you depend on these sources,

  • you have to have some way of getting the energy

    你必須有得到能量的輔助方法 you have to have some way of getting the energy

  • during those time periods that it's not available.

    以彌補無法提供的時段 during those time periods that it's not available.

  • So, we've got big cost challenges here.

    因此,我們有高成本的挑戰。 So, we've got big cost challenges here.

  • We have transmission challenges.

    我們有輸送的挑戰。 We have transmission challenges.

  • For example, say this energy source is outside your country,

    例如,能源來自國外, For example, say this energy source is outside your country,

  • you not only need the technology,

    你不僅需要技術, you not only need the technology,

  • but you have to deal with the risk of the energy coming from elsewhere.

    還必須處理來自別處能量的各項風險。 but you have to deal with the risk of the energy coming from elsewhere.

  • And, finally, this storage problem.

    最後,還有能源貯存問題。 And, finally, this storage problem.

  • And, to dimensionalize this, I went through and looked at

    為了要評估容量,我仔細審視查閱 And, to dimensionalize this, I went through and looked at

  • all the types of batteries that get made,

    目前各種型態的電池 all the types of batteries that get made,

  • for cars, for computers, for phones, for flashlights, for everything,

    包括車用,電腦用,電話用,手電筒用及其他各種用途 for cars, for computers, for phones, for flashlights, for everything,

  • and compared that to the amount of electrical energy the world uses,

    把那與世界使用的電能數量相比, and compared that to the amount of electrical energy the world uses,

  • and what I found is that all the batteries we make now

    我發現目前完成所有的電池 and what I found is that all the batteries we make now

  • could store less than 10 minutes of all the energy.

    僅能儲存全世界不到10 分鐘所消耗的能量。 could store less than 10 minutes of all the energy.

  • And so, in fact, we need a big breakthrough here,

    因此,實際上,我們需要一個大的突破, And so, in fact, we need a big breakthrough here,

  • something that's going to be a factor of a hundred better

    那必須是一個100倍優於 something that's going to be a factor of a hundred better

  • than the approaches we have now.

    我們現有努力的方法。 than the approaches we have now.

  • It's not impossible, but it's not a very easy thing.

    它並非不可能,但是也絕非是件容易的事。 It's not impossible, but it's not a very easy thing.

  • Now, this shows up when you try to get the intermittent source

    因此當你努力於得到間歇能源 Now, this shows up when you try to get the intermittent source

  • to be above, say, 20 to 30 percent of what you're using.

    如上分析,頂多只能達到使用需求的20~30% to be above, say, 20 to 30 percent of what you're using.

  • If you're counting on it for 100 percent,

    如果要100%的依賴它 If you're counting on it for 100 percent,

  • you need an incredible miracle battery.

    你必須有奇蹟電池 you need an incredible miracle battery.

  • Now, how we're going to go forward on this: what's the right approach?

    我們繼續談論這課題:正確的方向是什麼? Now, how we're going to go forward on this: what's the right approach?

  • Is it a Manhattan project? What's the thing that can get us there?

    它是一項曼哈頓計畫(製造原子彈的計畫)嗎? 能帶我們到達目標的是什麼? Is it a Manhattan project? What's the thing that can get us there?

  • Well, we need lots of companies working on this, hundreds.

    嗯,我們需要數以百計的公司投入工作 Well, we need lots of companies working on this, hundreds.

  • In each of these five paths, we need at least a hundred people.

    在這5 條道路中的每一項,至少需要100 人。 In each of these five paths, we need at least a hundred people.

  • And a lot of them, you'll look at and say they're crazy. That's good.

    當中的許多人,你會覺得他們看起來瘋了。 那倒不賴。 And a lot of them, you'll look at and say they're crazy. That's good.

  • And, I think, here in the TED group,

    這裡是TED,因此我想 And, I think, here in the TED group,

  • we have many people who are already pursuing this.

    應該有不少人已經投入了吧 we have many people who are already pursuing this.

  • Bill Gross has several companies, including one called eSolar

    葛洛斯(Bill Gross)有幾家公司,其中一家叫eSolar Bill Gross has several companies, including one called eSolar

  • that has some great solar thermal technologies.

    有偉大的太陽熱技術。 that has some great solar thermal technologies.

  • Vinod Khosla's investing in dozens of companies

    維諾德•科斯拉(Vinod Khosla)投資許多公司 Vinod Khosla's investing in dozens of companies

  • that are doing great things and have interesting possibilities,

    進行許多偉大的事情並已達令人感到興趣的可能性, that are doing great things and have interesting possibilities,

  • and I'm trying to help back that.

    目前我準備協助支持。 and I'm trying to help back that.

  • Nathan Myhrvold and I actually are backing a company

    內森•麥沃爾德(Nathan Myhrvold)和我事實上支持一家公司 Nathan Myhrvold and I actually are backing a company

  • that, perhaps surprisingly, is actually taking the nuclear approach.

    或許你會訝異,實際上是採取核能的方向。 that, perhaps surprisingly, is actually taking the nuclear approach.

  • There are some innovations in nuclear: modular, liquid.

    在核能界有一些創新,小型模組化反應器,液態反應器。 There are some innovations in nuclear: modular, liquid.

  • And innovation really stopped in this industry quite some ago,

    不久前這個領域的創新停滯一段時間, And innovation really stopped in this industry quite some ago,

  • so the idea that there's some good ideas laying around is not all that surprising.

    所以在此多少有一些好想法不足為奇 so the idea that there's some good ideas laying around is not all that surprising.

  • The idea of Terrapower is that, instead of burning a part of uranium,

    至於Terrapower公司的想法,不是只燃燒鈾的一部分, The idea of Terrapower is that, instead of burning a part of uranium,

  • the one percent, which is the U235,

    約百分之一,也就是是U235(鈾235), the one percent, which is the U235,

  • we decided, let's burn the 99 percent, the U238.

    我們決定,設法燃燒百分之99,U238(鈾238)。 we decided, let's burn the 99 percent, the U238.

  • It is kind of a crazy idea.

    這想法有點兒瘋狂。 It is kind of a crazy idea.

  • In fact, people had talked about it for a long time,

    實際上,人們已經談論它很久, In fact, people had talked about it for a long time,

  • but they could never simulate properly whether it would work or not,

    但他們無法適當的模擬確認是否能做到, but they could never simulate properly whether it would work or not,

  • and so it's through the advent of modern supercomputers

    因此藉由現代超級電腦的進步 and so it's through the advent of modern supercomputers

  • that now you can simulate and see that, yes,

    現在你能模擬並且發現這是可行的, that now you can simulate and see that, yes,

  • with the right material's approach, this looks like it would work.

    只要材料改進方法正確,它將可成功運行。 with the right material's approach, this looks like it would work.

  • And, because you're burning that 99 percent,

    且因為你是燃燒那百分之99, And, because you're burning that 99 percent,

  • you have greatly improved cost profile.

    已經大大改進成本結構。 you have greatly improved cost profile.

  • You actually burn up the waste, and you can actually use as fuel

    實際上是消耗掉廢料, 也就是將廢料作為燃料 You actually burn up the waste, and you can actually use as fuel

  • all the leftover waste from today's reactors.

    想想來自今天核電廠全部的廢料。 all the leftover waste from today's reactors.

  • So, instead of worrying about them, you just take that. It's a great thing.

    因此,不必再擔心核廢料問題,而是利用它。 這多棒啊。 So, instead of worrying about them, you just take that. It's a great thing.

  • It breathes this uranium as it goes along. So it's kind of like a candle.

    它實行時消耗鈾。 就像蠟燭燃燒一樣。 It breathes this uranium as it goes along. So it's kind of like a candle.

  • You can see it's a log there, often referred to as a traveling wave reactor.

    它就像是根木材,通常稱為推旅波式反應器(Traveling Wave Reactor,TWR)。 You can see it's a log there, often referred to as a traveling wave reactor.

  • In terms of fuel, this really solves the problem.

    就燃料而言,這真的解決了問題。 In terms of fuel, this really solves the problem.

  • I've got a picture here of a place in Kentucky.

    我這裡有在美國肯德基州一處的照片。 I've got a picture here of a place in Kentucky.

  • This is the left over, the 99 percent,

    這就是殘留的百分之99 This is the left over, the 99 percent,

  • where they've taken out the part they burn now,

    在這裡他們已經取出可燃燒的部分(即U235), where they've taken out the part they burn now,

  • so it's called depleted uranium.

    因此它被稱為耗乏鈾(U238)。 so it's called depleted uranium.

  • That would power the U.S. for hundreds of years.

    這將能提供美國數百年的電力。 That would power the U.S. for hundreds of years.

  • And, simply by filtering sea water in an inexpensive process,

    僅僅需透過一個廉價的海水過濾程序, And, simply by filtering sea water in an inexpensive process,

  • you'd have enough fuel for the entire lifetime of the rest of the planet.

    你將有足夠的燃料提供撐過地球整個壽命的能量。 you'd have enough fuel for the entire lifetime of the rest of the planet.

  • So, you know, it's got lots of challenges ahead,

    因此,你知道,即使它須面對許多挑戰, So, you know, it's got lots of challenges ahead,

  • but it is an example of the many hundreds and hundreds of ideas

    但這是數百種想法中的一個例子 but it is an example of the many hundreds and hundreds of ideas

  • that we need to move forward.

    驅使我們向前 that we need to move forward.

  • So let's think, how should we measure ourselves?

    現在讓我們想像,我們應該怎樣評量自己? So let's think, how should we measure ourselves?

  • What should our report card look like?

    我們的工作成績鑑定表該像什麼? What should our report card look like?

  • Well, let's go out to where we really need to get,

    現在讓我們看未來的目標應設定在哪裡 Well, let's go out to where we really need to get,

  • and then look at the intermediate.

    對於中期目標而言 and then look at the intermediate.

  • For 2050, you've heard many people talk about this 80 percent reduction.

    到了2050年,你會聽到很多人談到減量80%的事 For 2050, you've heard many people talk about this 80 percent reduction.

  • That really is very important, that we get there.

    到那時,這真的是十分重要的事 That really is very important, that we get there.

  • And that 20 percent will be used up by things going on in poor countries,

    還有20%則是窮國需要的消耗 And that 20 percent will be used up by things going on in poor countries,

  • still some agriculture.

    例如農業的需求 still some agriculture.

  • Hopefully, we will have cleaned up forestry, cement.

    希望到時已經解決林業、水泥等問題 Hopefully, we will have cleaned up forestry, cement.

  • So, to get to that 80 percent,

    因此,要到達減量百分之80, So, to get to that 80 percent,

  • the developed countries, including countries like China,

    已開發國家,包括像中國這樣的國家, the developed countries, including countries like China,

  • will have had to switch their electricity generation altogether.

    都須同時改變電力產生的方式 will have had to switch their electricity generation altogether.

  • So, the other grade is, are we deploying this zero-emission technology,

    所以,下個階段,當我們部署這項零排放的技術時, So, the other grade is, are we deploying this zero-emission technology,

  • have we deployed it in all the developed countries

    我們在全部已開發國家都利用它 have we deployed it in all the developed countries

  • and we're in the process of getting it elsewhere.

    並且持續進行在其他國家的部署。 and we're in the process of getting it elsewhere.

  • That's super important.

    那超級重要的。 That's super important.

  • That's a key element of making that report card.

    那是我們制定工作成績鑑定表的關鍵要素。 That's a key element of making that report card.

  • So, backing up from there, what should the 2020 report card look like?

    從那裡退回來,2020的 工作成績鑑定表應該像什麼? So, backing up from there, what should the 2020 report card look like?

  • Well, again, it should have the two elements.

    同樣的,它應該有兩個要素。 Well, again, it should have the two elements.

  • We should go through these efficiency measures to start getting reductions.

    我們應該審視這些效率評估,並開始進行減量。 We should go through these efficiency measures to start getting reductions.

  • The less we emit, the less that sum will be of CO2,

    CO2排的越少,空氣的總量也會較少 The less we emit, the less that sum will be of CO2,

  • and, therefore, the less the temperature.

    因此,溫度跟著較低。 and, therefore, the less the temperature.

  • But in some ways, the grade we get there,

    在這階段,就幾方面來說 But in some ways, the grade we get there,

  • doing things that don't get us all the way to the big reductions,

    作些無法達到大幅減量的事 doing things that don't get us all the way to the big reductions,

  • is only equally, or maybe even slightly less, important than the other,

    只能持平或微量減少,其重要性較諸其他 is only equally, or maybe even slightly less, important than the other,

  • which is the piece of innovation on these breakthroughs.

    只是突破性創新的一小部份 which is the piece of innovation on these breakthroughs.

  • These breakthroughs, we need to move those at full speed,

    我們所需的突破必須是加足馬力衝刺 These breakthroughs, we need to move those at full speed,

  • and we can measure that in terms of companies,

    並能使用各像參數評估如參與公司數 and we can measure that in terms of companies,

  • pilot projects, regulatory things that have been changed.

    先期計畫及已修訂的法規等 pilot projects, regulatory things that have been changed.

  • There's a lot of great books that have been written about this.

    有許多經典著作已經提到這個。 There's a lot of great books that have been written about this.

  • The Al Gore book, "Our Choice"

    高爾的書,「我們的抉擇」 The Al Gore book, "Our Choice"

  • and the David McKay book, "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air."

    以及大衛馬凱的書,「永續能源:免除地獄的業火」 and the David McKay book, "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air."

  • They really go through it and create a framework

    他們加以審視並且建立一種架構 They really go through it and create a framework

  • that this can be discussed broadly,

    這可以被廣泛地討論, that this can be discussed broadly,

  • because we need broad backing for this.

    因為我們需要得到廣泛的支持。 because we need broad backing for this.

  • There's a lot that has to come together.

    還有很多必須加以整合 There's a lot that has to come together.

  • So this is a wish.

    因此這是一個願望。 So this is a wish.

  • It's a very concrete wish that we invent this technology.

    我們要發明這項技術,是個非常具體的願望。 It's a very concrete wish that we invent this technology.

  • If you gave me only one wish for the next 50 years,

    如果你今後50年中只能讓我一個願望成真, If you gave me only one wish for the next 50 years,

  • I could pick who's president,

    我能指定誰當總統 I could pick who's president,

  • I could pick a vaccine, which is something I love,

    我能指定一種疫苗的出現,那是我最愛的事 I could pick a vaccine, which is something I love,

  • or I could pick that this thing

    或我能選擇這件事 or I could pick that this thing

  • that's half the cost with no CO2 gets invented,

    只要一半的花費就能發明無CO2排放的技術 that's half the cost with no CO2 gets invented,

  • this is the wish I would pick.

    這將是我會選擇的願望 this is the wish I would pick.

  • This is the one with the greatest impact.

    這願望會有最大的影響力 This is the one with the greatest impact.

  • If we don't get this wish,

    如果無法完成這願望 If we don't get this wish,

  • the division between the people who think short term and long term will be terrible,

    長期與短期來看人們間差距將變的十分可怕 the division between the people who think short term and long term will be terrible,

  • between the U.S. and China, between poor countries and rich,

    在美國與中國之間,窮國與富國之間 between the U.S. and China, between poor countries and rich,

  • and most of all the lives of those two billion will be far worse.

    20億貧民中的大部分人生活將變得更壞。 and most of all the lives of those two billion will be far worse.

  • So, what do we have to do?

    因此,我們必須做什麼? So, what do we have to do?

  • What am I appealing to you to step forward and drive?

    我在呼籲你們向前並且推動的是什麼? What am I appealing to you to step forward and drive?

  • We need to go for more research funding.

    我們急需更多的研究資金 We need to go for more research funding.

  • When countries get together in places like Copenhagen,

    當許多國家聚集在某處如哥本哈根 When countries get together in places like Copenhagen,

  • they shouldn't just discuss the CO2.

    他們不該只討論CO2。 they shouldn't just discuss the CO2.

  • They should discuss this innovation agenda,

    他們應該討論這項創新議程, They should discuss this innovation agenda,

  • and you'd be stunned at the ridiculously low levels of spending

    你會訝異願意投入在此的經費是如此低 and you'd be stunned at the ridiculously low levels of spending

  • on these innovative approaches.

    即使這些是多麼具創新的方案 on these innovative approaches.

  • We do need the market incentives, CO2 tax, cap and trade,

    我們確實需要市場獎勵,CO2稅,限額交易, We do need the market incentives, CO2 tax, cap and trade,

  • something that gets that price signal out there.

    一些能反映到價格上的機制 something that gets that price signal out there.

  • We need to get the message out.

    我們需要將訊息傳佈出去 We need to get the message out.

  • We need to have this dialogue be a more rational, more understandable dialogue,

    我們需要更理性與可理解的對話 We need to have this dialogue be a more rational, more understandable dialogue,

  • including the steps that the government takes.

    包括政府所採行的步驟 including the steps that the government takes.

  • This is an important wish, but it is one I think we can achieve.

    這是個重要的願望,但這也是我們能做到的。 This is an important wish, but it is one I think we can achieve.

  • Thank you.

    謝謝。 Thank you.

  • (Applause)

    (掌聲) (Applause)

  • Thank you.

    謝謝。 Thank you.

  • Chris Anderson: Thank you. Thank you.

    (克力斯安德森,以下CA):謝謝。 謝謝。 Chris Anderson: Thank you. Thank you.

  • (Applause)

    (掌聲) (Applause)

  • Thank you. Just so I understand more about Terrapower, right --

    謝謝。如此讓我對泰拉能源公司(Terrapower)多了解一些,沒說錯吧-- Thank you. Just so I understand more about Terrapower, right --

  • I mean, first of all, can you give a sense of what scale of investment this is?

    首先,請讓我們大概了解這項投資的規模有多大? I mean, first of all, can you give a sense of what scale of investment this is?

  • Bil Gates: To actually do the software, buy the supercomputer,

    (比爾蓋茲,以下BG):實際上超級電腦的軟體 Bil Gates: To actually do the software, buy the supercomputer,

  • hire all the great scientists, which we've done,

    及僱用一些偉大的科學家等已經做的 hire all the great scientists, which we've done,

  • that's only tens of millions,

    只花費約幾千萬美金 that's only tens of millions,

  • and even once we test our materials out in a Russian reactor

    每次對於材料方法在俄羅斯反應器的測試 and even once we test our materials out in a Russian reactor

  • to make sure our materials work properly,

    以確定是否可行 to make sure our materials work properly,

  • then you'll only be up in the hundreds of millions.

    則需花費約幾億美金 then you'll only be up in the hundreds of millions.

  • The tough thing is building the pilot reactor,

    最困難的是建立先期試驗性的反應器 The tough thing is building the pilot reactor,

  • finding the several billion, finding the regulator, the location

    必須尋求數十億資金、尋求法規支持、還有地點 finding the several billion, finding the regulator, the location

  • that will actually build the first one of these.

    才可能建立完成第一座 that will actually build the first one of these.

  • Once you get the first one built, if it works as advertised,

    一旦建造了第一座,它就成了活廣告 Once you get the first one built, if it works as advertised,

  • then it's just clear as day, because the economics, the energy density,

    隨著時間將讓大家明白,因為經濟學、能量密度等考量 then it's just clear as day, because the economics, the energy density,

  • are so different than nuclear as we know it.

    和我們理解的核能大不相同 are so different than nuclear as we know it.

  • CA: And so, to understand it right, this involves building deep into the ground

    CA:我再確認一下,是不是要有深入地下的建築 CA: And so, to understand it right, this involves building deep into the ground

  • almost like a vertical kind of column of nuclear fuel,

    就像垂直的核燃料柱 almost like a vertical kind of column of nuclear fuel,

  • of this sort of spent uranium,

    裡面充滿鈾廢料 of this sort of spent uranium,

  • and then the process starts at the top and kind of works down?

    整個核反應由上往下進行呢? and then the process starts at the top and kind of works down?

  • BG: That's right. Today, you're always refueling the reactor,

    BG︰ 沒錯。 今天,反應器總是需重新裝填核燃料, BG: That's right. Today, you're always refueling the reactor,

  • so you have lots of people and lots of controls that can go wrong,

    因此許多人為和許多控制可能出錯, so you have lots of people and lots of controls that can go wrong,

  • that thing where you're opening it up and moving things in and out.

    因為你必須打開它並將一些物質移進移出的。 that thing where you're opening it up and moving things in and out.

  • That's not good.

    我不認為那是好事。 That's not good.

  • So, if you have very cheap fuel that you can put 60 years in --

    因此,如果你有非常便宜的燃料且能放置60 年 -- So, if you have very cheap fuel that you can put 60 years in --

  • just think of it as a log --

    就當它是一根木材 -- just think of it as a log --

  • put it down and not have those same complexities.

    把它放下去並沒有那麼複雜。 put it down and not have those same complexities.

  • And it just sits there and burns for the sixty years, and then it's done.

    就讓它呆在那裡並且燃燒60 年,一切都解決了。 And it just sits there and burns for the sixty years, and then it's done.

  • CA: It's a nuclear power plant that is its own waste disposal solution.

    CA:所以這是一座能自己處置核廢料的核能發電廠。 CA: It's a nuclear power plant that is its own waste disposal solution.

  • BG: Yeah. Well, what happens with the waste,

    BG︰ 是的。 嗯,關於核廢料的部份 BG: Yeah. Well, what happens with the waste,

  • you can let it sit there -- there's a lot less waste under this approach --

    就讓它留在那裡 -- 用這種方法產生較少的廢料 -- you can let it sit there -- there's a lot less waste under this approach --

  • then you can actually take that,

    而且能取出處理, then you can actually take that,

  • and put it into another one and burn that.

    並且把它放進另一個反應器燃燒。 and put it into another one and burn that.

  • And we start off actually by taking the waste that exists today,

    事實上我們可以由現有的核廢料開始 And we start off actually by taking the waste that exists today,

  • that's sitting in these cooling pools or dry casking by reactor.

    目前都存在冷卻水槽或乾式儲存護箱內 that's sitting in these cooling pools or dry casking by reactor.

  • That's our fuel to begin with.

    這些是可以開始使用的燃料 That's our fuel to begin with.

  • So, the thing that's been a problem from those reactors

    因此,這些曾被視為問題的核反應器 So, the thing that's been a problem from those reactors

  • is actually what gets fed into ours,

    可以裝入我們的裝置 is actually what gets fed into ours,

  • and you're reducing the volume of the waste quite dramatically

    因而大幅降低核廢料的體積 and you're reducing the volume of the waste quite dramatically

  • as you're going through this process.

    並同時進行發電的程序 as you're going through this process.

  • CA: But in your talking to different people around the world

    CA:你對全世界不同的人談論這議題 CA: But in your talking to different people around the world

  • about the possibilities here,

    及其可能性 about the possibilities here,

  • where is there most interest in actually doing something with this?

    哪些地方對於實際進行此計畫最感興趣? where is there most interest in actually doing something with this?

  • BG: Well, we haven't picked a particular place,

    BG︰ 嗯,我們沒特別挑什麼地方, BG: Well, we haven't picked a particular place,

  • and there's all these interesting disclosure rules about anything that's called nuclear,

    關於核能的任何事情總是有人表示興趣 and there's all these interesting disclosure rules about anything that's called nuclear,

  • so we've got a lot of interest,

    有不少人向我們表達興趣 so we've got a lot of interest,

  • that people from the company have been in Russia, India, China.

    例如來自俄羅斯、印度、中國等國公司的人們 that people from the company have been in Russia, India, China.

  • I've been back seeing the secretary of energy here,

    我曾遇過能源部長, I've been back seeing the secretary of energy here,

  • talking about how this fits into the energy agenda.

    並討論如何將此置入能量議程。 talking about how this fits into the energy agenda.

  • So I'm optimistic. You know the French and Japanese have done some work.

    因此我很樂觀。 你知道法國和日本已經完成了一些工作。 So I'm optimistic. You know the French and Japanese have done some work.

  • This is a variant on something that has been done.

    他們所完成的與這提的並不相同 This is a variant on something that has been done.

  • It's an important advance, but it's like a fast reactor,

    那是很重要的進展,但那像是個快滋生反應器(fast reactor) It's an important advance, but it's like a fast reactor,

  • and a lot of countries have built them,

    有不少國家參與建造 and a lot of countries have built them,

  • so anybody who's done a fast reactor, is a candidate to be where the first one gets built.

    所以任何有快滋生反應器的地方,將會是我們考量第一座電廠的候選場址 so anybody who's done a fast reactor, is a candidate to be where the first one gets built.

  • CA: So, in your mind, timescale and likelihood

    CA:因此,在你的頭腦裡,時間規模和各項可能 CA: So, in your mind, timescale and likelihood

  • of actually taking something like this live?

    在這輩子能夠完成到什麼狀況呢? of actually taking something like this live?

  • BG: Well, we need, for one of these high-scale, electro-generation things

    BG:嗯,我們需要建立一個大規模、發電系統 BG: Well, we need, for one of these high-scale, electro-generation things

  • that's very cheap,

    且必須非常便宜, that's very cheap,

  • we have 20 years to invent and then 20 years to deploy.

    我們只有20 年來發明並用20 年來部署。 we have 20 years to invent and then 20 years to deploy.

  • That's sort of the deadline that the environmental models

    這期限來自環境模型的推演 That's sort of the deadline that the environmental models

  • have shown us that we have to meet.

    而我們必須去正視且遵循 have shown us that we have to meet.

  • And, you know, Terrapower, if things go well, which is wishing for a lot,

    你知道嗎,如果一切順利,我們期許泰拉能源公司 And, you know, Terrapower, if things go well, which is wishing for a lot,

  • could easily meet that.

    可以輕易達成目標。 could easily meet that.

  • And there are, fortunately now, dozens of companies,

    幸運的是現在有數十家公司 And there are, fortunately now, dozens of companies,

  • we need it to be hundreds,

    而我們需要的是數百家 we need it to be hundreds,

  • who, likewise, if their science goes well,

    同樣的,如果他們科技發展一切順利 who, likewise, if their science goes well,

  • if the funding for their pilot plants goes well,

    如果他們建立先期試驗電廠集資順利 if the funding for their pilot plants goes well,

  • that they can compete for this.

    他們就能有競爭力 that they can compete for this.

  • And it's best if multiple succeed,

    當然如果有多重方法成功那更好 And it's best if multiple succeed,

  • because then you could use a mix of these things.

    那我們就可以妥為混用這些技術 because then you could use a mix of these things.

  • We certainly need one to succeed.

    我們就是需要一項解決技術的成功 We certainly need one to succeed.

  • CA: In terms of big-scale possible game changes,

    CA:若考量大規模的競爭環境變化 CA: In terms of big-scale possible game changes,

  • is this the biggest that you're aware of out there?

    這是您所知道最具優勢的方案嗎? is this the biggest that you're aware of out there?

  • BG: An energy breakthrough is the most important thing.

    BG:能源技術突破是最重要的事情。 BG: An energy breakthrough is the most important thing.

  • It would have been, even without the environmental constraint,

    就算不考慮環境侷限也該如此 It would have been, even without the environmental constraint,

  • but the environmental constraint just makes it so much greater.

    而因為環境侷限讓他顯得更偉大 but the environmental constraint just makes it so much greater.

  • In the nuclear space, there are other innovators.

    在核能領域,仍有其他創新者 In the nuclear space, there are other innovators.

  • You know, we don't know their work as well as we know this one,

    我們對他們的不了解可能和我們對這的了解一樣多 You know, we don't know their work as well as we know this one,

  • but the modular people, that's a different approach.

    對於提倡小型模組化反應器的人來說,那是另一種處理方式 but the modular people, that's a different approach.

  • There's a liquid type reactor, which seems a little hard,

    還有液態反應器感覺上很困難 There's a liquid type reactor, which seems a little hard,

  • but maybe they say that about us.

    但也許他們看我們也是一樣的想法 but maybe they say that about us.

  • And so, there are different ones,

    確實有其他方案 And so, there are different ones,

  • but the beauty of this is a molecule of uranium

    但是美妙之處都在於鈾分子 but the beauty of this is a molecule of uranium

  • has a million times as much energy as a molecule of, say, coal,

    具有其他分子如煤炭,百萬倍以上的能量 has a million times as much energy as a molecule of, say, coal,

  • and so, if you can deal with the negatives,

    因此如果能夠處理好負面效應 and so, if you can deal with the negatives,

  • which are essentially the radiation,

    通常指輻射 which are essentially the radiation,

  • the footprint and cost, the potential,

    碳足跡、成本、發展潛力 the footprint and cost, the potential,

  • in terms of effect on land and various things,

    包含對陸地與其他事務的效應 in terms of effect on land and various things,

  • is almost in a class of its own.

    那都可視為是相同等級的方案 is almost in a class of its own.

  • CA: If this doesn't work, then what?

    CA:如果不成功,該怎麼辦? CA: If this doesn't work, then what?

  • Do we have to start taking emergency measures

    是否要啟動緊急機制 Do we have to start taking emergency measures

  • to try and keep the temperature of the earth stable?

    以試圖保持地球溫度的穩定? to try and keep the temperature of the earth stable?

  • BG: If you get into that situation,

    BG:如果到了那種狀況 BG: If you get into that situation,

  • it's like if you've been over-eating, and you're about to have a heart-attack.

    就好像你已過度飲食,心臟病就要發作了 it's like if you've been over-eating, and you're about to have a heart-attack.

  • Then where do you go? You may need heart surgery or something.

    你要怎麼辦呢?可能要動心臟手術或其他處理。 Then where do you go? You may need heart surgery or something.

  • There is a line of research on what's called geoengineering,

    有一系列研究稱為大地工程 There is a line of research on what's called geoengineering,

  • which are various techniques that would delay the heating

    那是延遲暖化的各種技術 which are various techniques that would delay the heating

  • to buy us 20 or 30 years to get our act together.

    以爭取增加20或者30 年的緩衝時間整合我們的行動。 to buy us 20 or 30 years to get our act together.

  • Now, that's just an insurance policy.

    現下,那只是一項保險政策。 Now, that's just an insurance policy.

  • You hope you don't need to do that.

    你會希望不要用到 You hope you don't need to do that.

  • Some people say you shouldn't even work on the insurance policy

    有些人會說你不應該投入進行保險政策 Some people say you shouldn't even work on the insurance policy

  • because it might make you lazy,

    因為它可能使你偷懶, because it might make you lazy,

  • that you'll keep eating because you know heart surgery will be there to save you.

    它會使你一直吃,因為你知道有心臟手術將會救你。 that you'll keep eating because you know heart surgery will be there to save you.

  • I'm not sure that's wise, given the importance of the problem,

    我不能確信是否明智,如果考量問題的重要性, I'm not sure that's wise, given the importance of the problem,

  • but there's now the geoengineering discussion

    現在有關於大地工程的討論 but there's now the geoengineering discussion

  • about, should that be in the back pocket in case things happen faster,

    談論是要將此技術置於後口袋,以免變化快於預期? about, should that be in the back pocket in case things happen faster,

  • or this innovation goes a lot slower than we expect.

    或是該減慢這項創新 or this innovation goes a lot slower than we expect.

  • CA: Climate skeptics: if you had a sentence or two to say to them,

    CA:對於氣候懷疑論者,你有什麼話要對他們說, CA: Climate skeptics: if you had a sentence or two to say to them,

  • how might you persuade them that they're wrong?

    你如何說服他們說他們錯了? how might you persuade them that they're wrong?

  • BG: Well, unfortunately, the skeptics come in different camps.

    BG:嗯,令人遺憾,那些懷疑者來自不同的陣營。 BG: Well, unfortunately, the skeptics come in different camps.

  • The ones who make scientific arguments are very few.

    他們很少提出科學的論點。 The ones who make scientific arguments are very few.

  • Are they saying there's negative feedback effects

    他們有提到必須考量雲層抵銷 Are they saying there's negative feedback effects

  • that have to do with clouds that offset things?

    的負回饋效應嗎? that have to do with clouds that offset things?

  • There are very, very few things that they can even say

    他們所能談的不多 There are very, very few things that they can even say

  • there's a chance in a million of those things.

    這兒有成千上萬的例子 there's a chance in a million of those things.

  • The main problem we have here is kind of like AIDS.

    現在主要的問題就像愛滋病 The main problem we have here is kind of like AIDS.

  • You make the mistake now, and you pay for it a lot later.

    現在做錯誤的決定,未來要付出更多 You make the mistake now, and you pay for it a lot later.

  • And so, when you have all sorts of urgent problems,

    所以當你有些急迫的問題 And so, when you have all sorts of urgent problems,

  • the idea of taking pain now that has to do with a gain later --

    記得寧可現在嚐栽種之苦,未來才有收穫-- the idea of taking pain now that has to do with a gain later --

  • and a somewhat uncertain pain thing.

    更何況未來還有不可知的痛苦等著 and a somewhat uncertain pain thing.

  • In fact, the IPCC report, that's not necessarily the worst case,

    實際上,IPPC報告所提,還不一定是最壞情況, In fact, the IPCC report, that's not necessarily the worst case,

  • and there are people in the rich world who look at IPCC

    在富有的世界有人看IPPC報告 and there are people in the rich world who look at IPCC

  • and say, okay, that isn't that big of a deal.

    會覺得還好啊,那有什麼大不了。 and say, okay, that isn't that big of a deal.

  • The fact is it's that uncertain part that should move us towards this.

    事實上還有不確定的部份驅使著我們朝這方向前進 The fact is it's that uncertain part that should move us towards this.

  • But my dream here is that, if you can make it economic,

    但我的夢想是,是否能使它更經濟, But my dream here is that, if you can make it economic,

  • and meet the CO2 constraints,

    並且符合CO2 限制, and meet the CO2 constraints,

  • then the skeptics say, okay,

    然後那些懷疑論者會說:「好吧, then the skeptics say, okay,

  • I don't care that it doesn't put out CO2,

    我不在乎它是否排CO2, I don't care that it doesn't put out CO2,

  • I kind of wish it did put out CO2,

    我還希望能排出點CO2呢, I kind of wish it did put out CO2,

  • but I guess I'll accept it because it's cheaper than what's come before.

    但是我猜我會接受它,因為這比以前來的便宜。」 but I guess I'll accept it because it's cheaper than what's come before.

  • (Applause)

    (掌聲) (Applause)

  • CA: And so, that would be your response to the Bjorn Lomborg argument,

    CA:我想那也是你對藍博(Bjorn Lomborg)論點的回應 CA: And so, that would be your response to the Bjorn Lomborg argument,

  • that basically if you spend all this energy trying to solve the CO2 problem,

    那論點基本上是指如果所有資源都拿去解決CO2問題 that basically if you spend all this energy trying to solve the CO2 problem,

  • it's going to take away all your other goals

    那將排擠其他所有目標 it's going to take away all your other goals

  • of trying to rid the world of poverty and malaria and so forth,

    例如遠離貧窮與瘧疾等其他議題 of trying to rid the world of poverty and malaria and so forth,

  • [that] it's a stupid waste of the Earth's resources to put money towards that

    把錢放在CO2上是地球資源愚蠢的浪費 [that] it's a stupid waste of the Earth's resources to put money towards that

  • when there are better things we can do.

    有更重要的事要做 when there are better things we can do.

  • BG: Well, the actual spending on the R&D piece --

    BG:嗯,實際在研發上的花費 -- BG: Well, the actual spending on the R&D piece --

  • say the U.S. should spend 10 billion a year more than it is right now --

    我必須說美國每年應該投入比現在多100億 -- say the U.S. should spend 10 billion a year more than it is right now --

  • it's not that dramatic.

    這不誇張。 it's not that dramatic.

  • It shouldn't take away from other things.

    它不應該排擠其他事情。 It shouldn't take away from other things.

  • The thing you get into big money on, and this, reasonable people can disagree,

    如果你要花費一筆大錢,當然人們是不同意的 The thing you get into big money on, and this, reasonable people can disagree,

  • is when you have something that's non-economic and you're trying to fund that.

    尤其是集資的目的是花在不經濟的議題上 is when you have something that's non-economic and you're trying to fund that.

  • That, to me, mostly is a waste.

    而那些大多對我來說是浪費 That, to me, mostly is a waste.

  • Unless you're very close and you're just funding the learning curve

    除非你十分封閉且只資助學習曲線 Unless you're very close and you're just funding the learning curve

  • and it's going to get very cheap.

    而未來會變很便宜的 and it's going to get very cheap.

  • I believe we should try more things that have a potential

    我相信我們應嘗試各項有潛力的事 I believe we should try more things that have a potential

  • to be far less expensive.

    以讓能源價格大幅降低 to be far less expensive.

  • If the trade-off you get into is, let's make energy super expensive,

    如果你參與的交易,是要讓能源更貴 If the trade-off you get into is, let's make energy super expensive,

  • then the rich can afford that.

    那只有富人能享有。 then the rich can afford that.

  • I mean, all of us here could pay five times as much for our energy

    我的意思是,在場各位都能對於我們的能源付五倍的錢 I mean, all of us here could pay five times as much for our energy

  • and not change our lifestyle.

    而不需改變我們的生活模式。 and not change our lifestyle.

  • The disaster is for that two billion.

    受害的是最窮的20億人。 The disaster is for that two billion.

  • And even Lomborg has changed.

    就算蘭博也已經改變。 And even Lomborg has changed.

  • His shtick now is, why isn't the R&D getting discussed more.

    他現在的重點在於為何不多加討論研發 His shtick now is, why isn't the R&D getting discussed more.

  • He's still, because of his earlier stuff,

    因為他早期關心的題材, He's still, because of his earlier stuff,

  • still associated with the skeptic camp,

    仍然與懷疑論陣營有關, still associated with the skeptic camp,

  • but he's realized that's a pretty lonely camp,

    不過他意識到那是一個相當孤獨的陣營, but he's realized that's a pretty lonely camp,

  • and so, he's making the R&D point.

    所以他現在專注於研發議題 and so, he's making the R&D point.

  • And so there is a thread of something that I think is appropriate.

    順著這脈絡,我想這樣說是適當的 And so there is a thread of something that I think is appropriate.

  • The R&D piece, it's crazy how little it's funded.

    關於研發這塊,它所獲得的資金真是少的誇張。 The R&D piece, it's crazy how little it's funded.

  • CA: Well Bill, I suspect I speak on the behalf of most people here

    CA:好的比爾,我懷疑我是在幫在場的人請命 CA: Well Bill, I suspect I speak on the behalf of most people here

  • to say, I really hope your wish comes true. Thank you so much.

    老實說,我真的希望你的願望實現。 非常感謝。 to say, I really hope your wish comes true. Thank you so much.

  • BG: Thank you.

    BG:謝謝。 BG: Thank you.

  • (Applause)

    (掌聲) (Applause)

I'm going to talk today about energy and climate.

今天我要談的是關於能量和氣候。 I'm going to talk today about energy and climate.

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