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上期翻译答案
Once risk and luck are brought into play, it is easy to see how two people of equal skill and intelligence can end up with very different outcomes.
一旦风险和运气发挥作用，就很容易看到两个技能和智力相当的人最终却会取得截然不同的结果。
《本期内容》
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Hydrogen is the smallest, lightest and most abundant molecule in the universe. On Earth, it does not occur by itself naturally, but can be separated from water (H2O) or hydrocarbon compounds (fossil fuels) like gas, coal and petroleum to be used as an energy source. It’s already used for rocket fuel, but it is now being pushed as a clean and safe alternative to oil and gas for heating and earthly modes of transport. Political support ismountingwith almost $26bn of US taxpayer money available for hydrogen projects thanks to three recent laws – the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and the Chips Act. Hydrogen is politically hot, but is it the climate solution that its cheerleaders are claiming?
氢是宇宙中最小、最轻、含量最丰富的分子。地球上，氢无法自然产生，但可以通过从水或天然气、煤炭和石油等碳氢化合物(化石燃料)中分解产生，成为一种能源。它已经被用于火箭燃料，但现在正被推广成为一种替代石油和天然气的清洁安全的能源，可以用于供暖和陆上运输。获取的政策支持也在增加，由于最近出台的三部法律——《通货膨胀降低法案》、《两党基础设施法案》和《芯片法案》——美国纳税人缴纳的税款中有近260亿美元可用于支持氢气项目。氢气是一个热门政治话题，但它真的如支持者所宣称的那样，是解决气候问题的方案吗?
What’sat stake? In addition to $26bn in direct financing for so-called hydrogenhubsanddemo projects, another $100bn or so in uncapped tax credits could be paid out over the next few decades, so lots and lots of taxpayers’ money. Fossil fuel companies are also using hydrogen to justify building more pipelines, claiming that this infrastructure can be used for “clean hydrogen” in the future.
要紧的是什么?除了为所谓的氢枢纽和示范项目提供260亿美元的直接融资外，这个行业未来几十年还可以获得大约1000亿美元的无上限税收抵免，这将相当于一大笔纳税人的钱。化石燃料公司也在利用氢来证明建造更多管道的合理性，声称这些基础设施在未来可以用于“清洁氢”。
But hydrogen is a highlyflammableand corrosive element, and it would be costly to repurpose oil and gas infrastructure to make it safe for hydrogen. And while hydrogen is not a greenhouse gas, it is not harmless. It aggravates some greenhouse gases, for instance causing methane to stay in the atmosphere for longer.
但氢气是一种高度易燃和腐蚀性的元素，如果重新使用石油和天然气基础设施，要想保证氢气的安全性，成本将会很高。虽然氢不是温室气体，但它也不是无害的。它会加剧一些温室气体的污染，例如导致甲烷在大气中停留的时间更长。
Is there any role for hydrogen in a decarbonised future? Yes, but a limited one – given that it takes more energy to produce, store and transport hydrogenthan it provides when converted into useful energy, so using anything but new renewable sources (true green hydrogen) will require burning more fossil fuels.
氢在未来脱碳的过程中能发挥什么作用吗?有，但作用有限——考虑到把氢能生产、储存和运输过程消耗的能量比将其转化成有用能源提供的能量要多，所以使用除新可再生能源(真正的绿色氢)以外的任何能源都将需要燃烧更多的化石燃料。
According to the hydrogen merit ladder devised by Michael Liebreich, host of the Cleaning Up podcast,swappingclean hydrogen for the fossil fuel-based grey and brown stuff currently used for synthetic fertilisers, petrochemicals and steel is a no-brainer. The carbon footprint of global hydrogen production today is equivalent to Germany’s annual greenhouse gas emissions, so the sooner we swap to green hydrogen (created from new renewables) the better. But for most forms of transport (cars, bikes, buses and trains) and heating there are already safer, cleaner and cheaper technologies such as battery-run electric vehicles and heat pumps, so there’s little or no merit in investing time or money with hydrogen.
翻译划线句，长按文末小程序码打卡，答案下期公布~如今全球氢气生产的碳足迹相当于德国每年的温室气体排放量，所以我们越早改用绿色氢气(由新的可再生能源产生)越好。但对于大多数形式的交通（汽车、自行车、公共汽车和火车）和供暖，已经有更安全、更清洁和更便宜的技术，如电池运行的电动汽车和热泵，所以在氢气方面投资时间或金钱几乎没有任何好处。
本文节选自：The Guardian（卫报）
发布时间：2023.03.07
作者：Nina Lakhani
原文标题：Is hydrogen really a clean enough fuel to tackle the climate crisis?
词汇积累
1. mount
/maʊnt/
v. 组织，开展; 爬上，登上; 增多，上升; 增强，加剧; 镶嵌，安置; 上演，展出
n. 山，山峰; 坐骑，马; 登，骑; (相片)框，(艺术品)装帧，衬托纸; 底座，底架
2.hub
/hʌb/
n. (活动的)中心; 枢纽机场，枢纽城市; (轮)毂，(推进器、风扇等的)旋翼叶毂
3. flammable
/ˈflæməbəl/
adj.易燃的；可燃的；可燃性的
n.易燃物
4. swap
/swɒp/
v. 交换，交易; 用……替换，把……换成; 交换(工作或岗位); 交流(各自的经历、想法等); 停下(手头的事)改做
n. 交易，交换; 交易物，交换物; 交换工作; (财政)换期，互惠信贷
词组搭配
1.at stake 处于危险中；在紧要关头
2.demo project 示范项目
写作句总结
So there’s little or no merit in investing time or money with hydrogen.
结构：So there’s little or no merit in investing time or money with ….
所以在…投资时间或金钱几乎没有任何好处。
例句：So there’s little or no merit in investing time or money with gamble.
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