2009年11月05日09:33 来源:新东方在线 【发表评论】
双语时事:领先的德国,领先的德国太阳能技术
Jeff Wolfe, the CEO of groSolar, a leading US solar energy distribution and installation company explains why Germany is developing solar energy at a faster pace.
在美国,groSolar公司在太阳能经销和设备安装处于领先地位,该公司的首席执行官Jeff Wolfe解释为什么德国在太阳能开发方面速度更快。
Germany's Solar Head Start
June 4th, I interviewed Jeff Wolfe, the CEO of groSolar, a leading solar energy distribution and installation company. I asked him why Germany was developing solar energy at a faster pace than the US.
“Culture, and culture that extends all the way to the government. They recognize at a federal level climate change is a problem. They recognize that renewable energy to replace fossil fired energy is critical. They also recognize that it’s very important for energy security. They get a lot of their energy from Russia, who they’re trying to wean themselves off. So for a whole lot of reasons that apply to the US as well, they actually understand that renewables will help their overall economy. And while some of their big energy companies fight it, the big energy companies are also figuring out now how to make money off of this. And so they’re transitioned the energy company culture as well.
“Thirty years from now, is Exxon Mobile going to be in the solar energy business?”
“I think that they’ll either be in the solar energy business or they won’t be in business. It won’t be all of their business by far. We’ll still be using oil, we’ll still be using gas, we’ll still be using coal. But we’ll be using those at far diminished levels than we are today.”
领先的德国太阳能技术
在美国,groSolar公司在太阳能经销和设备安装处于领先地位,6月4日,我采访了该公司的首席执行官Jeff Wolfe。我问他为什么德国在太阳能开发方面要比美国的速度快。
“文化,以及一直延伸到政府的文化。他们的联邦政府认识到气候变化是一个问题。他们认识到用可再生能源替代化石能源非常关键。他们还认识到能源安全很重要。他们从俄罗斯进口大量的能源,他们试图摆脱对俄罗斯的能源依赖。因此这些原因同样适用于美国,德国实际上深知可替代能源将对他们整个的经济有利。虽然他们的某些大能源公司抵制可再生能源,但是这些大公司目前也知道了如何从中赚钱。因此他们也改变了能源公司的文化。”
“30年后,埃克森美孚石油公司(Exxon Mobile)会进入太阳能领域吗?”
“我想要么他们进入到太阳能领域,要么他们就不复存在了。太阳能不会是它的全部业务。我们仍然要使用石油,我们仍然要使用煤气,我们仍然要使用煤炭。但是将来我们用这些能源的量要远远小于今天我们使用的量。”
Vocabulary:
Distribution:(商业用语)经销
Installation:安装
Solar Energy:太阳能
Recognize:认识
Renewable:(能源)可再生的
Fossil:化石
Critical:关键的
Wean:断奶;避免依赖
Diminished:减少的
(英语原文来自SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN《科学美国人》http://www.sciam.com 作者:Steve Mirsky)
本文选自上海新东方学校惠瑾的博客,博客链接地址:http://blog.hjenglish.com/huijin

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