ONE reason for Japan’s reliance on nuclear power—with all its attendant difficulties of building reactors safely in an earthquake zone—is its lack of indigenous energy sources.

日本依赖核能的一个重要原因在于它缺乏固有的能源资源，伴随而来产生了必须要在地震带上建造安全的反应堆，但这是非常困难的。

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One reason for Japan's reliance on nuclear power-with all its attendant difficulties of building reactors safely in an earthquake zone-is its lack of indigenous energy sources.

虽然在地震带安全地修建反应堆所带来的难题诸多，日本仍依赖于核能，原因之一是本土能源的匮乏。

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But cheap, plentiful fuel (both indigenous and imported) may lead to an increase in overall energy use, worries Kevin Anderson of Manchester University.

但是便宜、丰富的燃料(无论是本国的还是进口的)会导致总体能源的使用量增多，曼彻斯特大学的凯文·安德森对此很是担心。

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If they have few indigenous energy resources, they may value, as Japan has done, the security offered by plants running on fuel that is cheap and easily stockpiled.

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For many of these states, offshore wind is the most abundant indigenous energy source and the only commercial option for renewable power generation, especially in southern states where land-based resources become scarcer with decreasing latitude.

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The second factor that may encourage China and India to become greener is the growth of indigenous alternative-energy companies.

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