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As anyone who has been to Japan knows, there are strict rules about bathing in onsen(温泉), or hot springs. Bodies must be scrubbe
As anyone who has been to Japan knows, there are strict rules about bathing in onsen(温泉), or hot springs. Bodies must be scrubbe
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2015-11-16
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As anyone who has been to Japan knows, there are strict rules about bathing in onsen(温泉), or hot springs. Bodies must be scrubbed beforehand, swimming trunks are banned and tattoos are taboo. The industry’s management scope extends far beyond the tub, however.
For decades, onsen owners have hindered development of a huge potential source of clean energy: geothermal(地热的)power. They argue that the tapping of heated aquifers(蓄水层)in volcanic Japan will drain the onsen dry, increase pollution and ruin a cherished form of relaxation. With Japan on the verge of running out of nuclear power, however, the demand for new sources of energy is becoming harder to resist.
Three Japanese companies—Toshiba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fuji Electric—control more than half of the global market for geothermal turbines(涡轮机), yet Japan itself gets a mere 0. 3% of its energy, or 537 megawatts, from its own steam. The industry’s promoters say that Japan sits on about 20, 000 MW of geothermal energy, or the equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors, though not all of this could be developed. Since the disaster at Fukushima last year, all but one of the nation’s 54 nuclear reactors are now temporarily suspended, reducing Japan’s power-generating capacity by about a third. That has accelerated the search for alternatives.
In July the government is set to introduce a feed-in tariff that will force the ten regional electricity monopolies to buy renewable energy at above-market rates—though a price has not yet been set. At the end of March the environment ministry said it would abolish guidelines that restrict geothermal development in some national parks.
Experts say the long time lag reflects some of the difficulties of developing new business in Japan. Tetsunari Iida, head of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, says the country needs a "strong and wise government" that can persuade the onsen owners and local communities that the industry would not spoil their spas. He also says the country needs companies with strong balance-sheets and a robust risk culture to lead the way. Having the world’s best turbine manufacturers is not enough, he says.
To speed things up, Japan could also look overseas for help. Iceland, for instance, generates the same amount of geothermal energy as Japan, though Japan has 400 times more people. A Japanese expert, Hirofumi Muraoka, calculates that one mid-sized northern city, Aomori, with a population about the size of Iceland’s 318,000,could save enormously on imported fuel bills and heating costs by tapping geothermal springs nearby. Besides generating electricity, it could use the hot water from the springs to heat houses, as Iceland does.
Iceland’s ambassador to Japan, Stefan Stefansson, says his country’s experience suggests Japan does not need subsidies to develop geothermal energy. It needs careful management of underground reservoirs, and an entrepreneurial(企业家的)vision. Besides heating houses, he says, Iceland’s geothermal water is used for farming tasty tropical fish.
Hirofumi Muraoka thinks Aomori can learn from Iceland to use hot springs to______.
选项
A、heat houses
B、have a bath
C、export fuel
D、farm the fish
答案
A
解析
由题干关键词Hirofumi Muraoka和Aomori定位到第六段最后一句。由该句可知,除了发电,还能使用温泉的热水给房屋供暖,因此A)“给房子供暖”与定位句意思相符,故为正确答案。
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