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So, let's just take a closer look at nuclear.
所以，讓我們好好研究一下核能。
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has looked at the carbon content of all these different fuels,
聯(lián)合國氣候變化政府間協(xié)商組織調(diào)查了不同燃料的碳含量，
and nuclear comes out really low -- it's actually lower even than solar.
結(jié)果表明：核能有比太陽能還要低的碳含量。
And nuclear obviously provides a lot of power -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
而且核能明顯有更高電產(chǎn)量。一天24小時，一周7天。
During a year, a single plant can provide power 92 percent of the time.
一年間，核電廠有92%的時間都在工作。
What's interesting is that when you look at countries that have deployed different kinds of clean energies,
有趣的是，當(dāng)你關(guān)注那些使用著各種清潔能源的國家時，
there's only a few that have done so at a pace consistent with dealing with the climate crisis.
只有一小部分跟得上解決能源危機的步伐。
So nuclear seems like a pretty good option, but there's this big problem with it,
核能發(fā)電看起來是個很好的選擇，但是潛藏一個巨大的問題，
which all of you, I'm sure, are aware of, which is that people really don't like it.
我保證你們都知道，那就是人們并不歡迎核電。
There was a study, a survey done of people around the world, not just in the United States or Europe, about a year and a half ago.
在一年半以前，有一項不僅僅針對美國或歐洲的世界范圍民調(diào)。
And what they found is that nuclear is actually one of the least popular forms of energy.
他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，核能發(fā)電是最不受歡迎的發(fā)電方式之一。
Even oil is more popular than nuclear. And while nuclear kind of edges out coal, the thing is,
甚至石油都比核能發(fā)電更受歡迎。相比煤炭只是更受歡迎一點點。
people don't really fear coal in the same way they fear nuclear, which really operates on our unconscious.
人們害怕核能和害怕煤炭本質(zhì)上是不同的，但正是這種害怕在不知不覺中影響我們。
So what is it that we fear? There's really three things.
那我們究竟是害怕什么呢？其實有三個原因。
There's the safety of the plants themselves -- the fears that they're going to melt down and cause damage;
關(guān)于擔(dān)心核電站的安全性：害怕它會融化并傷害人體；
there's the waste from them; and there's the association with weapons.
害怕伴隨而來的廢料；以及核電和軍事武器的聯(lián)系。
And I think, understandably, engineers look at those concerns and look for technological fixes.
由此，我認為，工程師已經(jīng)了解這些疑慮并在嘗試尋找技術(shù)上的解決方式。
That's why Bill Gates is in China developing advanced reactors.
這就是為什么比爾·蓋茨在中國研發(fā)更先進的反應(yīng)堆。
That's why 40 different entrepreneurs are working on this problem.
這就是為什么40個企業(yè)家在著手研究這個問題。
And I, myself, have been very excited about it.
對于我來說，這是一件令人激動的事。
