US air force calls for mission to combat climate change美空军要求的使命与气候变化作斗争
By通过 David Adam 大卫亚当 | The US air force will this week call for the world’s top scientists to come together in a 21st-century Apollo-style programme to develop greener fuels and tackle global warming. |美空军将在本星期呼吁世界顶尖的科学家走到一起，在一个21世纪的阿波罗式的方案，以发展绿化的燃料和解决全球气候变暖。 It wants universities, governments, companies and environmental groups to collaborate on a multibillion-dollar effort to work out greenhouse gas emissions of existing and future fuels.它希望的大学，政府，公司和环保团体的合作，在一个数十亿美元的努力工作，温室气体排放量的现有和未来的燃料。
William Anderson, an assistant secretary of the air force, said the project aimed to calculate the overall carbon footprint of the world’s energy sources, rather than merely measure their direct emissions.威廉安德森，助理国务卿空军说，该计划的目的是要计算的整体碳足迹世界的能源来源，而不是仅仅衡量其直接排放。
He said controversy over the environmental impact of biofuels showed such an effort was needed to avoid making the situation worse: “If you look at the situation with bioethanol from corn, a lot of people saw that as a panacea, but now it seems that if you include the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, the carbon footprint may be worse than people realised.他说，争论的环境影响，生物燃料表明，这种努力是需要的，以避免使情况变得更糟： “如果你看看情况与生物乙醇的玉米，很多人认为这是灵丹妙药，但现在看来，如果你包括生命周期的温室气体排放量，碳足迹可能不如人变现。
“If the world wants to get serious on greenhouse gas emissions, we have to figure out where they’re coming from.” “如果世界希望能严重，温室气体排放量，我们必须弄清楚，他们正在从” 。
Anderson said the effort required was the modern equivalent of the Apollo missions to put a man on the moon, “and the US air force knows something about that”.安德森说，努力需要的是现代相当于阿波罗任务，把一名男子在月球上“ ，美空军也知道一些有关” 。 The project will be discussed on Wednesday at a meeting in Washington DC organised by the Connecticut Centre for Advanced Technology.该项目将讨论对周三举行的一次会议在华盛顿特区举办了由康涅狄格州为中心的先进技术。 Anderson said the project aimed to combine research already under way across the world, and to encourage governments and companies to release “billions of dollars” of funds.安德森说，该项目旨在结合起来，研究已在进行之中，世界各地，并鼓励各国政府和公司释放“数十亿美元的”资金。
US officials have already met the Royal Air Force and French air force to discuss ways to make their activities more environmentally friendly.美国官员已会见了英国皇家空军和法国空军，讨论如何使他们的活动更符合环保原则。 A second meeting is scheduled for Paris in June.第二次会议定于6月在巴黎。
Anderson said the military could learn from civilian airlines, which have studied how to reduce weight and increase fuel efficiency.安德森说，军方可以学习民用航空公司，其中有研究如何减轻重量和提高燃油效率。 He said: “What everybody sees is the fighter aircraft, but the predominant part of what we do is transporting people and stuff around.他说： “每个人都认为是战斗机，但主要的一部分，我们做什么，是运送人及周围的东西。 And so do British Airways, so do Virgin and so do Fed Ex.”和这样做，英国航空公司，这样做属维尔京和美联储这样做当然“ 。
Concerned about future supplies of oil, the US air force plans to switch its aircraft to a synthetic liquid fuel made from coal.关心未来供应的石油，美空军计划改用飞机合成液体燃料由煤。 It has tested the new fuel in aircraft such as the B-52 bomber, and is encouraging the British and French to follow.它已测试新燃料在飞机如B - 52轰炸机，并鼓励英国和法国跟随。 Anderson said: “Energy demand is going to outstrip any gains from renewables.安德森说： “对能源的需求将会超出任何的收益可再生能源。 As oil starts to diminish, coal is going to play big.”作为石油开始减弱，煤炭是打算玩大“ 。
Environmental campaigners have criticised such fuels, which they say have overall carbon emissions about double those from oil.环保运动人士都批评这类燃料的，他们说有整体的碳排放量的约两倍，从石油。 But Anderson said much of the carbon pollution could be trapped and stored underground.但安德森说，大部分的碳污染，可被困和储存在地下。 He insisted the air force would not switch to new technology unless it “has a greener carbon footprint” than existing fuels.他坚持，空军将不会切换至新技术，除非它“有绿化的碳足迹” ，比现有的燃料。
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