How, as a prosperous westerner, do you free yourself from the guilty knowledge that your bequest to planet earth will be a hotter and less hospitable climate? In the hours between breakfast and lunch, Britons and Americans are responsible for more carbon emissions than someone living in India is likely to produce in an entire day. European governments hope to reduce this deadly toll by offering big subsidies for measures that will lessen our dependence on fossil fuels. Billions have been spent, yet progress is slow.
作为一个富有的西方人,你明知给地球留下的将是更炎热和更不宜人的气候,如何从这种负罪感中解脱?一个英国人或者美国人在早餐和午餐之间的几个小时里制造的碳排放量,已超过了一个印度人一整天可能制造的排放量。欧洲各国政府希望,通过为旨在降低我们对化石燃料依赖度的措施提供巨额补贴,来减缓这种会造成极大破坏的影响。虽然已经花了数十亿,然而进展缓慢。