TED演讲稿_CatherineMohr_2010U建造绿色.docxVIP

1.First of all, Im a geek. 首先，我是一位书呆子。2.Im an organic food-eating, carbon footprint-minimizing, robotic surgery geek, and I really want to build green, but Im very suspicious 我吃有机食品， 我是一位低碳生活者，我沉迷于机器人手术， 而且我特别想建造绿色， 但我是个多疑的人3.of all of these well-meaning articles, people long on moral authority and short on data telling me how to do these kinds of things. 特别是对于这些好意的文章们， 人们常常注重道德规范 而缺少数据的支持 以来告诉我如何去做这些事。4.And so I have to figure this out for myself. 所以我只能自己找寻答案。5.For example: Is this evil? 例如：这是邪恶的吗？6.I have dropped a blob of organic yogurt from happy self-actualized local cows on my counter top, and I grab a paper towel, and I want to wipe it up. 我掉了一滴有机酸奶 在我的桌面上， 它来自当地的奶牛， 然后我拿来一张纸巾，我想把它擦干净。7.But can I use a paper towel? (Laughter) The answer to this can be found in embodied energy. 但是我能用这个纸巾吗？（笑声） 这个答案能从内蕴能量中找到。8.This is the amount of energy that goes into any paper towel or embodied water. 这就是任何一张手纸或者水的 内涵能源。9.And every time I use a paper towel, I am using this much virtual energy and water. 而每次我使用纸巾， 我会使用这么多 能量和水。10.Wipe it up, throw it away. 擦干净它，再把它扔掉。11.Now, if I compare that to a cotton towel that I can use a thousand times, I dont have a whole lot of embodied energy until I wash that yogurty towel. 现在，如果我用棉布和他进行对比 我能重复用上千次， 我不需要花费那么多内蕴能量 直到我需洗净这个酸奶抹布为止。12.This is now operating energy. 现在我要说的是操作能量。13.So if I throw my towel in the washing machine, Ive now put energy and water back into that towel, unless I use a front-loading high-efficiency washing machine, 如果我把抹布放入洗衣机， 我需要能量和水 去洗这个抹布， 除非我用的是前置型高效洗衣机，14.and then it looks a little bit better. 而它只是看上去好一点儿。15.But what about a recycled paper towel that comes in those little half sheets? 但是一个可回收的纸巾会怎么样 特别是那些半张大小的？16.Well, now a paper towel looks better. 恩，现在一张纸巾看起来好多了。17.Screw the paper towels. Lets go to a sponge. 别想纸巾了。让我们看看海绵，18.I wipe it with a sponge, and I put it under the running water, and I have a lot less energy and a lot more water, un