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People in other parts of the world in the factories of India and China
在世界其它地方 例如印度和中國的工廠
are facing the same problems and clamoring for the same kinds of improvement in their air
當地也面臨著相同問題 也希望空氣質量得到改善
It is another opportunity for leadership
這是另一個爭取領導權的機會
Toxic fogs were a thing of the past
毒霧已經成為過去時
Coal emissions still cause about 200,000 premature deaths in the United States alone
但現在 煤炭排放僅僅在美國 就在導致大約20萬人早逝
It's hard to estimate how much bigger that number is elsewhere
很難預計這個數字在其它地方會有多大
Our fossil fuels are altering the climate of world
化石燃料正在改變地球氣候
Rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns bring their own dangers and enormous economic costs
溫度升高 天氣反常 這些都會存在危險而且經濟代價也會異常巨大
Think how much work didn't get done because of the polar vortex the grounded flights, the trains that didn't leave the stations and the cars that wouldn't start
想想有多少工作由于極地渦旋而被耽誤飛機無法起飛 火車無法離站汽車無法開動
I mean, yes, you got to skip a few classes but it was not cheap
當然 這讓你們能夠少上幾堂課但這個代價太大了
What we need are new ways to provide electricity new types of transportation and new approaches to doing business
我們需要有新的發電方式新的運輸方式 以及新的經營方式
These will be the technologies and the ideas you are going to create and we can export
你們需要想出這方面的新技術和新點子 然后再出口國外
Right now the most difficult problems we face with regard to global warming are not the technical ones
現在全球變暖上 我們所面臨的最大難題并不是技術上的那些
Those are huge and challenging to be sure and I hope you get to work on them right away, this afternoon
當然 技術上的問題也很難處理我希望你們今天下午立馬就投入到這些工作之中
