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Unit7

Thecomingenergycrisis

日益逼近的能源危机

Twohundredyearsago,theworldexperiencedanenergy

revolutionthatlaunchedtheIndustrialAge.Eversincethen,with

therapidincreaseofpopulationdensity,theindustrialized

worldsthirstforenergyhasmorethantripled.Petroleumand

naturalgasareexploitedasversatileandhighqualityenergy

products.Uraniumisalsotappedtofuelnuclearreactorsand

provideatomicenergy.

两百年前，全球经历了一场能源革命，由此引发了工业时代的到来。

从那时起，随着人口密度的迅速增加，工业国家对于能源的需求成倍成倍

增加。石油和天然气被看作是用途多、质量好的能源产品而得到开发，而

铀也得以开发，为核反应堆提供燃料并供应原子能源。

Cheapenergyisthelifebloodofhumansociety.Butthereisa

darksidetothenearmonopolyofnon-renewablefossilfuelslike

coal,oilandnaturalgas,alongwithcontroversialuranium,to

supplyourgrowingenergydemands.Thesupplyofthesefuelsis

physicallylimited,andtheirusethreatensourhealthand

environment.Multipleinternationaltreatieshavebeenproposedto

limittheuseoffossilfuelsforthisveryreason.Fearsofglobal

warmingaside,burningfossilfuelsreleaseschemicalsand

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particulatesthatcancausebreathingproblems,canceraswellas

arefactoredin.Furthermore,publicopinionpollsshownuclear

energyistoocloselyassociatedwithdisastersliketheChernobyl

reactormeltdownandtheFukushimaexplosion,andwiththedanger

that:rebelinsurgentscoulddodamagewiththetoxicwaste.

Inexpensiveandseeminglyabundantnon-renewableenergyfromdead

plantsandextinctanimalsfueledthe20thcenturyec