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Global warming may or not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but regardless of whether it is or isn’ t, we w
Global warming may or not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but regardless of whether it is or isn’ t, we w
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2015-01-31
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Global warming may or not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but regardless of whether it is or isn’ t, we won’ t do much about it. We will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed.
Al Gore calls global warming an "inconvenient truth", as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. But the real truth is that we don’ t know enough to believe global warming, and—without major technological breakthroughs—we can’t do much about it.
From 2003 to 2050, the world’s population is projected to grow from 6.4 billion to 9.1 billion, a 42% increase. If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions(mainly, CO
2
)will be 42% higher in 2050. But that’ s too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy. We need economic growth unless we condemn the world’s poor to their present poverty and freeze everyone else’ s living standards. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by 2050.
No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom(limits on electricity usage, driving and travel)that might cut back global warming. Still, politicians want to show they’re "doing something." Consider the Kyoto Protocol(《京都议定书》). It allowed countries that joined to punish those that didn’ t. But it hasn ’t reduced CO
2
emissions(up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories didn’ t adopt tough enough policies to hit their 2008-2012 targets.
The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new technology. Only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it.
The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral problem when it’s really an engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don’t solve the engineering problem, we’ re helpless.
According to the author’s understanding, what is AL Gore’s view on global warming?
选项
A、It is a reality both people and politicians are unaware of.
B、It is a phenomenon that causes us many inconveniences.
C、It is a problem that can be solved once it is recognized.
D、It is area we actually have little knowledge about.
答案
C
解析
细节题。根据文章第三段最后一句第二段中对于Gore的观点只说了“inconvenient truth”,意为“给人们带来不方便的真相”,而后面的as if则是作者的理解,“merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution”,意为“就像只是承认它我们就会有方法解决它”。而后面的but引导的则是作者自己的观点。作者的理解在选项中只有C相符。
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