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.
作爲一個富有的西方人,你明知給地球留下的將是更炎熱和更不宜人的氣候,如何從這種負罪感中解脫?一個英國人或者美國人在早餐和午餐之間的幾個小時裏製造的碳排放量,已超過了一個印度人一整天可能製造的排放量。歐洲各國政府希望,通過爲旨在降低我們對化石燃料依賴度的措施提供鉅額補貼,來減緩這種會造成極大破壞的影響。雖然已經花了數十億,然而進展緩慢。