Name: 這是一堆採礦廢料。想在上面滑雪嗎？ (It's a pile of mining waste. Want to go skiing on it?)
Uploaded: 2022-08-16T16:46:05.000Z
Duration: 3 min 36 s

If a company is mining something, there are usually byproducts,

如果一個公司在開採什麼，通常會有副產品。

the stuff that's left behind after extraction and processing.

And these days, the mining company should be required to deal with those byproducts,

而這些天，應該要求採礦公司處理這些副產品。

but in the past they often just piled them up

但在過去，他們往往只是把它們堆積起來

and assumed someone would deal with the problem

If those byproducts are toxic, that's a problem.

如果這些副產品是有毒的，那就是一個問題。

But here in Hirschau, in Germany, it's a bit different.

但在德國的赫斯考，情況有點不同。

Just over there is an open-pit kaolin mine:

that's used in the manufacture of a lot of things,

And there is a big pile of mining byproduct here.

而這裡有一大堆的採礦副產品。

I'm standing on it, it is 120 metres high.

But it's just sand. Regular sand. Made of quartz,

但這只是沙子。普通的沙子。由石英制成。

石英砂可以在工業中發揮作用。

These days the sand that the mines produce here is sold off.

這些天來，這裡的礦場生產的沙子被賣掉了。

But for decades there was too much of it,

但幾十年來，這種情況太多了。

so as it was pretty harmless, the mining companies just piled it up.

是以，由於它是相當無害的，採礦公司只是把它堆積起來。

What do you do with 35 million tons of sand, in a pile that's dominating the landscape?

你如何處理3500萬噸的沙子，在堆積中佔據了景觀？

The answer, of course, is make it a tourist attraction.

答案當然是讓它成為一個旅遊景點。

Welcome to the ski resort and amusement park of Mount Kaolino.

歡迎來到考利諾山的滑雪場和遊樂園。

I should point out — it's 9am on a weekday as I'm filming this,

我應該指出--在我拍攝的時候，是工作日的上午9點。

so there aren't many people around, it's not fully open.

所以周圍沒有很多人，它沒有完全開放。

this place is as busy as a regular ski slope would be in high season.

這個地方就像普通滑雪場在旺季一樣繁忙。

A lot of this hill is covered in trees and other vegetation,

這座山的很多地方都被樹木和其他植被所覆蓋。

and they will help anchor the sand and keep everything in place.

它們將幫助錨定沙子並保持一切到位。

surely all the people descending this mountain

I'm sure that the local government could have insisted

that this hill be cleaned up and the sand disposed of somehow.

這座山被清理了，沙子也被處理掉了。

But why would they? Now, Hirschau isn't just a mining town.

但他們為什麼要這樣做呢？現在，赫斯考不僅僅是一個採礦鎮。

It's a mining town with a local theme park.

這是一個擁有當地主題公園的採礦鎮。

Tourists have a reason to come here, and spend money.

遊客們有理由來這裡，並在這裡消費。

And every so often, someone will come along and tell the world that, hey,

而每隔一段時間，就會有人來告訴世界，嘿。

there's a ski slope made of sand in Germany.

在德國有一個用沙子做的滑雪坡。

I'm going to take the little cable car down.

How do I... I'm genuinely terrified I'm going to slip off this!

我怎麼...我真的很害怕我會從這上面滑下來!

這使它變緊了！哦，我的上帝，好的。